Comments on: Mosquito Spraying on Long Island http://archive.longislandpress.com/2010/08/26/mosquito-spraying-on-long-island/ Serving the opinion leaders of Long Island Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:30:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: crispies http://archive.longislandpress.com/2010/08/26/mosquito-spraying-on-long-island/comment-page-1/#comment-88070 crispies Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:21:54 +0000 http://www.longislandpress.com/?p=106911#comment-88070 It’s unfortunate no one actually needs a license, or check any facts, to print this kind of drivel. This product has been found to be a “possible” carcinogen, in extremely high doses that would require more testing. Testing they are not concerned about doing because it is found to have a low toxicity in all other areas. And it has an extremely short half life, being totally degraded within mere days of exposure to sunlight, or hours when applied as a ULV treatment to the air as is done with mosquitos.

If anyone cares to review the FACTS about these active ingredients from an impartial source check out the National Pesticide Information Center’s website (http://npic.orst.edu/) and read the two technical fact sheet links to PBO ( http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/pbotech.pdf ) and Resmethrin ( http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/ResTech.pdf ) instead of relying on the uniformed, ignorant fear mongering that this publication produces.

Your families are safe, and so are that woman’s tomatoes.

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]]> By: lipaine http://archive.longislandpress.com/2010/08/26/mosquito-spraying-on-long-island/comment-page-1/#comment-82142 lipaine Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:09:44 +0000 http://www.longislandpress.com/?p=106911#comment-82142 People think of pesticides and associate food or landscapers and golf courses, but they should be more careful, they are pesticides in paint to prevent mildew as well as many household items. The two most commonly used pesticides in the U.S. are clorox and lysol.

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