Re: mosquito spraying and community gardens

A LOT of people are fighting such fights; and the saddest part of it all is that its just PR poison. The way to prevent mosquitoes is to do just that--prevent them. Those spray trucks are just to try and calm down people complaining about being bit.
Studies estimate that less than 1/10 of 1% of the spray ever meets a mosquito.
---McG
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Hargesheimer" <minifarms@gmail.com>
To: <safariang@yahoo.com>
Cc: <community_garden@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [cg] mosquito spraying and community gardens


Howard Garrett, www.dirtdoctor.com has a running battle with the city of
Dallas on this.  Ken Hargesheimer

On 4/10/06, SafariAng <safariang@yahoo.com> wrote:

Greetings:

Members of the community garden in which I am involved want an organic
garden. However, the chemical the city sprays to control mosquitos is
Anvil 10 + 10 ULV. According to the MSDS, we should "Avoid contamination
with food and feedstuffs." (So much for all of that fresh basil, lettuce
and spinach ...) Furthermore, if we are to have a truly organic garden,
this chemical appears on the banned list.

That being said, we too would like to explore natural mosquito controls (I
saw listed bat houses and purple martin houses). However, has anyone had
any luck working with municipal governments to stop the spraying? If so,
what advice can you provide?

Thanks so much.

best, angela herrmann

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angela herrmann
safariang@yahoo.com
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