You can read a copy of Michael C. Carroll's book: "Lab 257" if you want to know why we have a problem with the West Nile Virus. Budget cuts at Plum Island did not hamper "research" in this war laboratory, but it sure did impact safety considerations. Instead of the government burying this problem, we need to recognize and learn from it or the same disaster will be repeated.
Hmmm, not too different from our recent Wall Street / government fiasco.
We are being sprayed with chemtrials or strange particles from planes flying at higher altitudes and now sprayed by planes flying at a lower altitude because of some man made virus?? what is the CDC if Plum Island exsist?? Did ancient peoples need this nonsense in the air? NO but yet we are here & we think we are so much more educated. They have masses distracted with vanity & emotionalism to see whats really being done to them.. question why did they avoid spraying George Bush former home?? We are being sprayed like **** roaches!!
you took your furniture out and burned it? So you took furniture (made up of polyester, glues, varnished wood, plastics, etc) that was coated in a pesticide you KNEW to be dangerous... and decided to BURN it... what a BRILLIANT idea.
Did you throw some tires on the pile while you were at it too?
And you're concerned about getting hit with a few micron sized droplets that will probably never even find their way into the air column you happen to breathing in?
Illinois never stopped spraying this poison in the air. After the last spraying, all the robins in the neighborhood left. Here's what's in the MSDS of the spray.
Permethrin Permethrin does not present any notable genotoxicity or immunotoxicity in humans and farm animals, but is classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a likely human carcinogen, based on reproducible studies in which mice fed permethrin developed liver and lung tumors.[1
Permethrin is toxic to cats. Many cats die after being given flea treatments intended for dogs, or by contact with dogs having recently been treated with permethrin.
Piperonyl butoxide Safety and toxicity Its acute oral and dermal toxicity in mammals is low with LD50 of 7,500 to 6,150 mg/kg when orally administered to rats. A 2011 study found a significant association between piperonyl butoxide in personal air collected during the third trimester of pregnancy and delayed mental development at 36 months. Children who were more highly exposed in personal air samples scored 3.9 points lower on the Mental Developmental Index than those with lower exposures. The lead researcher stated, "This drop in IQ points is similar to that observed in lead exposure. While perhaps not impacting an individual's overall function, it is educationally meaningful and could shift the distribution of children in the society who would be in need of early intervention services."
There are other methods that are quite simple. First, remove sources of standing water around the house. Go outside when the mosquitoes are less active, or if you do have to go outside during peak times, use bug spray. That way you're poisoning yourself and not the entire environment around you. Wear mosquito netting. I've done all of these things and it works.
If it's anything like the 2003 outbreak in CO, this spraying is too late, cases will spike in about two weeks, and the CDC stats are completely misleading because they only count positive tests, and they only test you if you end up in the hospital. Otherwise your doctor will say "the test is too expensive and there's nothing we can do about West Nile anyway". In 2003 CDC says we had 2947 cases, and 63 people died. Judging by the rate among friends and coworkers, I'd say we had 10,000 cases in Ft Collins alone. Good luck, Dallas.
I see that regardless of the topic, the idiocy of politics skews the discussion.
As I read this article, planes were delivering their morning breakfast for the mosquitoes in coastal Carolina. I don't recall there being any notification that spraying was to take place this day, what the chemical components of the spray are, or if pets are endangered by it. Other than a general, low level comment concerning this event, nothing more was forthcoming from local authorities. I should think that a simple announcement on ones TV would suffice.
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Hmmm, not too different from our recent Wall Street / government fiasco.
Did you throw some tires on the pile while you were at it too?
And you're concerned about getting hit with a few micron sized droplets that will probably never even find their way into the air column you happen to breathing in?
Permethrin
Permethrin does not present any notable genotoxicity or immunotoxicity in humans and farm animals, but is classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a likely human carcinogen, based on reproducible studies in which mice fed permethrin developed liver and lung tumors.[1
Permethrin is toxic to cats. Many cats die after being given flea treatments intended for dogs, or by contact with dogs having recently been treated with permethrin.
Piperonyl butoxide
Safety and toxicity
Its acute oral and dermal toxicity in mammals is low with LD50 of 7,500 to 6,150 mg/kg when orally administered to rats.
A 2011 study found a significant association between piperonyl butoxide in personal air collected during the third trimester of pregnancy and delayed mental development at 36 months. Children who were more highly exposed in personal air samples scored 3.9 points lower on the Mental Developmental Index than those with lower exposures. The lead researcher stated, "This drop in IQ points is similar to that observed in lead exposure. While perhaps not impacting an individual's overall function, it is educationally meaningful and could shift the distribution of children in the society who would be in need of early intervention services."
As I read this article, planes were delivering their morning breakfast for the mosquitoes in coastal Carolina. I don't recall there being any notification that spraying was to take place this day, what the chemical components of the spray are, or if pets are endangered by it. Other than a general, low level comment concerning this event, nothing more was forthcoming from local authorities. I should think that a simple announcement on ones TV would suffice.