Comments on: Skeeter Spray Strafing Starts

By: Slim Jim

Slim Jim — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:46:31 +0000

BIG, thank you, thank you, thank you.
If no permit has been given we may have to tolerate only one night of poison.

By: BIG

BIG — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:19:54 +0000

The following is from the chemical fact sheet found at the Cornell University Pesticide Management Education Program

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/insect-mite/mevinphos-propargite/naled/insect-prof-naled.html

“- Unique warning statements required on labels:
– The following environmental hazard statement must appear on the
manufacturing-use product labels:
– This product is toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates, and
wildlife. Do not discharge into lakes, streams, ponds, or public
water unless in accordance with NPDES permit. For guidance,
contact your regional office of the Environmental Protection
Agency.”

This tells me that a NPDES permit is required if any of this stuff is discharged to waters of the US. I would suggest that people start calling the ADA commisioners asking if they have a NPDES permit for the spraying operation. I would also contact the EPA Boise office and ask if a permit has been issued.

Also,

– Based on studies available to assess hazards to wildlife and aquatic
organisms, naled (dibrom) is characterized as very highly toxic to bees and
aquatic invertebrates. It is moderately to highly toxic to fish and
slightly toxic to upland game birds and waterfowl. Insufficient
data are available to assess the toxicity of naled to estuarine and
marine organisms.

By: Slim Jim

Slim Jim — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:28:50 +0000

Sharon, I was just thinking that. Nonetheless, I would avoid being outside – including the fair – during the spraying periods just because of my own common sense and we have been told to close windows and turn off the ac. They are spraying close enough on the other side of Glenwood to wonder about the safety of my cotton candy!!

I wonder how the (insect eating) bats will fair. I wonder if we will hear crickets next week as I am hearing them now.

ohhhh there they go – planes a buzzin’
it’s war time and some humans feel good about themselves not realizing that we are all a part of some big chain.

By: j

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:25:00 +0000

Does any of you smarter folks know what they call the bug killer they’ve been spraying from the back of the small pickups for several years now?? How about the name of the pellets they’ve been throwing in the standing water? Geeze, you’ll get the undies in a bunch about an airplane but not a pickup on the street?? What gives??

By: Sharon Ullman

Sharon Ullman — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:51:16 +0000

I am curious as to how the County decided which areas they would spray and which would not be subjected to such treatment. Did anyone else notice that they aren’t going near the Western Idaho Fairgrounds?

By: HH

HH — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:34:56 +0000

C George, had this same conversation last week. More folks are put up in the hospital and or killed from auto accidents (with as well as without the cell phone) as well as the crap spewed out from the tail pipe, than WNV. But I am sure that the grandstanding and the pockets padded are paying off for the few. As usual the poorer tax payers are paying for it.

As far as law suits – talk to the guys suffering from Agent Orange – they will tell you how well that goes.

At least my name is down on record. Too late, yes, but it’s there for the Homeland Security folks (used to just be the FBI).
Turn off those ac’s folks and shut the windows of your cars too.

I normally scooter home from taking tickets at the Flicks on Tuesday evenings. I think that I may drive tomorrow night.

sigh.

By: Mr. Logic

Mr. Logic — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:50:26 +0000

George, I fear the DDT has softened your judgement. The California thing is not truly an issue, but the figures from new driver licenses clearly show CALIFORNIA is the number one previous home of new residents. GUARDIAN–better watch this guy!

By: curious george

curious george — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:43:22 +0000

Social Darwinism at play… Interesting solution to an over-abundance of emigrants, “foul your own nest.”

But we should get off the Californication band-wagon. The majority of new Treasure Valleyians (question? – Valleywellians, Valleyites, Valley-estas, or just plain TV’ers), are from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah (mostly from rural areas, seeking work) – not from California (and certainly not from the large cities of L.A., San Francisco, or San Diego). Seems like the only Intermountain state we’re saved from is Nevada – probably because their economy is the only one that outstrips ours.

Of course, I used to run behind the pesticide fogging trucks when I was a kid – because it was cool. But back then it was DDT, nothing as noxious as Dibrom.

By: John Dadabay

John Dadabay — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:16:06 +0000

OK so they spray for WNV. What happens next year? and the year after that? We need to sell the rest of the country that Idaho is the West Nile Virus center of the universe. It’s like our own malaria lite. How many people have been hospitalized in Ada and Canyon counties from car accidents due to yaking on cell phones? Why don’t we spray for that? Let’s spray for everything while we’re at it.
I too have recovered from WNV. For me, it was a bad flu. Glad I didn’t have to go to the hospital. This is total political grandstanding. It won’t make the problem go away and might make it worse. Nature needs to take it’s course. Anyway it looks to me like BoDo can use the extra parking. We need to promote the upside to WNV.

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:56:18 +0000

Treva, overkill, that’s hilarious. But you won’t get compensation for your damages from the government for this decision absent an act of congress. Just ask the cancer victims who lived downwind of the nuclear testing in the 50s.

Ada County Commissioners declared a state of emergency last week and the Governor signed off on it, freeing up state funds. Vector Disease Control only filed to do business in the state in May. No doubt they’ve been lobbying hard for these declarations.

HH is right as usual. Time to let them know how we feel.