Last year we at ACSH were instrumental in getting the village of
Ocean Beach, located on Long Island, to overturn its decades-old chemophobic
policy of refusing to participate in the mosquito control program that was
routinely used in most of Long Island, as well as wide areas of New York City.
We
were prompted to do so after ACSH friend Jim Capuono—a six year survivor of
colon cancer—nearly died from West Nile encephalitis, which he contracted from
mosquitoes while vacationing in Ocean Beach in August, 2012.
ACSH’s
Dr. Josh Bloom, also a resident of Ocean Beach researched the hazards of
Anvil—the insecticide that is routinely used for this purpose, and found that
it was actually less toxic than DEET, which people had to slather themselves in
just to go outside…..To Read More…..
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