Should Valdez, Alaska be Spraying 

to diminish Mosquitoes?

Only public areas are sprayed 

& as frequently as within a 24 hour period, weather permitting

That means the children's play areas are repeatedly sprayed.

And up and down some streets at midnight -

 Call to cancel the area around your house

'permanone'

Permanone contains. 05% permethrin and is used to treat clothing and mosquito nets for protection from mosquitoes, ticks and chiggers.

Children and the elderly are particularly susceptible to such chemicals 

- they are cancer causing - lymphomas, etc

Vulnerability of children and the elderly

  • Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of pesticides. Many of the most frequently used pesticides affect the nervous system, and children have been found to be more susceptible to neurotoxins than adults.

     

  • Exposure to carcinogens is of special concern. The National Cancer Institute USA found an increase risk of leukemia in children whose parents used pesticides in the home and garden.

http://www.valdezlink.com/inipol/pages/awareness.htm#children

 

http://www.valdezlink.com/out_of_control.htm

Home Remedy

Work for change

  • Enlist the help of your neighbors, local churches, schools and universities and citizen groups to identify and eliminate pesticide use in public areas. Make your position known to local authorities about the use of pesticides on public lands, school yards and playing fields, on roadsides and parks.

 

  • Suggest alternatives. Give local authorities examples of non-chemical methods that have worked in other communities.

 

  • Work for stricter certification requirements for applicators and registration of the chemically sensitive.


  • If for example you play golf, urge the use of non-chemical methods of truf management.

 

  • Institute legal redress for chemical trespass

 

As with any chemical, use the minimum amount necessary

Chlorine in the pool, etc.

   Don't use a canon to kill a mosquito

Why has there been so much cancer & diabetes 

in Valdez area in the last 15 years?    6-17-05

Why is there so much cancer in the Copper River Basin of life long residents?

What did the military do in Alaska in the 1940s?  *

 

Has Alyeska sprayed dioxin (agent orange) along the pipeline to keep down the brush?

July 27, 2003

valdezlink.com/pages/insecticides.htm