Non-Spray Jurisdictions - Appendix C - (revised and updated, January 2007) is a compilation of towns and counties that have avoided spraying mosquito adulticides and the reasons they are not spraying. URLs current as of January 2007. (Click to access)
The report (December 2002) is available as:
The earlier (September 2000) report is available as:
Among the non-toxic alternatives are: removal of standing water, larvaciding, Mosquito Dunks, disposal of old tires, fish to eat mosquito larvae in ponds, encouraging natural predators such as birds, bats and dragonflies, yard clean-ups, public education programs, and others. Prevention activities, which stop mosquitoes in the larval stages, (before they become flying, biting adults) are the keys to successful non-toxic control.
A number of jurisdictions have recently adopted non-toxic programs, recognizing the hazards of pesticides being sprayed. The report lists these jurisdictions, and the non-toxic alternatives being used. Examples include Washington DC, universities, communities and towns in Md., NY State, Texas and many others, in addition to those shown in the Sept., 2000 report.
The adulticides sprayed by authorities are more toxic than the original annoyance. A number of scientists, doctors and professors who have criticized the pesticide spraying are referenced herein. For example, a NY State Health Dept. study indicated that more people were sickened from the spraying than from the West Nile virus.
Of course, we are sympathetic to all of the victims of West Nile Virus and wish that their suffering had not occurred. But there is a need to do mosquito control in the right way to avoid the undesirable, toxic side-effects. Ironically, the sprays intended to help protect sensitive people (children, elderly, asthma patients, etc.) are instead weakening immune systems, making individuals more susceptible to disease.
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This research is not affiliated with any corporate or government body involved in mosquito control. Products and techniques reported are not intented to favor any manufacturer, state, or jurisdiction, but only to compare techniques for mosquito control.
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