CONCERNED PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS speak warn about spraying pesticides on urban populations


AN OPEN LETTER
BY CONCERNED PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS

STOP THE INDISCRIMINATE “FRIENDLY FIRE” PESTICIDE SPRAYING

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MASSIVE CHEMICAL PESTICIDE SPRAYING AGAINST MOSQUITOES
CARRYING WEST NILE VIRUS WILL HAVE MANY SERIOUS
DETRIMENTAL CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY ON HUMAN HEALTH.
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF SUCH ACTION WILL RESULT IN FAR-
REACHING PUBLIC HEALTH, FINANCIAL, LEGAL AND OTHER
PROBLEMS.

INDISCRIMINATE SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES, ESPECIALLY IN HEAVILY
POPULATED URBAN AREAS, IS FAR MORE DANGEROUS TO HUMAN
HEALTH AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAN A RELATIVELY
VERY SMALL RISK OF WEST NILE VIRUS.

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