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I live in Minneapolis. The city fumigates regularly in the summer by aircraft and ground-based methods both, which is why I can go running around the lakes in m
by nickbauman 9y ago
I live in Minneapolis. The city fumigates regularly in the summer by aircraft and ground-based methods both, which is why I can go running around the lakes in mid July and get maybe one mosquito bite. I think most US cities are like this.
It's a policy that should be scrapped in spite of the risk of West Nile and Lyme Disease.
- peacetreefrog 9y agoThey're not fumigating, they're spreading a bacteria that kills (only supposedly) mosquito larva. http://www.mmcd.org/mosquito-control/larva-control/ http://www.mmcd.org/mosquito-control/larva-control/
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- nickbauman 9y agoSo that's what they're doing? Are you sure that's all?
- bryan11 9y agoEvery few weeks, many cities in Iowa drive trucks throughout the city fogging the neighborhoods with permethrin based pesticides. A popular choice is called MasterLine Kontrol 4-4.
- monochromatic 9y ago> It's a policy that should be scrapped Why? They're not spraying some broad-spectrum pesticide.
- nickbauman 9y agoBut it's a policy that eliminates a food source for some other animal. Especially when we have very effective and safe insect repellants already, like Picaridin and Lemon Eucalyptus.
- turk184 9y agoYes, and if they didn't do that nobody would want to be outside for most of the summer. The mosquitos in MN are bad, really really bad. Some summers are worse than others, but there's a reason why the mosquito is the state bird.