As it stated in huffingtonpost
GLOBAL EXPERT: Miami Beach Naled Pesticide Spraying Ineffective Against Zika Virus Carrying Mosquitos
GLOBAL EXPERT: Miami Beach Naled Pesticide Spraying Ineffective Against Zika Virus Carrying Mosquitos
Miami Beach has been spraying the toxic chemical Naled frequently as the Zika virus outbreak covering South Beach has spread north to encompass two-thirds of the island city.Global expert Dr. Michael Callahan says that it's not only an ineffective strategy to combat the aedes aegypti mosquito which carries the tropical disease he termed "dengue fever light," but it may be counterproductive by wiping out predators who might eat carrier mosquitos.In an extended video interview with Dr. Richard Perlmutter (below), Dr. Callahan, who is the co-founder of the Zika Foundation explained that our officials are implementing a mosquito control plan appropriate for West Nile disease, but isn't likely to tamp down Miami Beach's public health problems:We can tell you what hasn't worked in the past with aerial spraying with this mosquito.
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Spraying to help curb Zika brings Miami Beach outcry
Spraying to help curb Zika brings Miami Beach outcry
MIAMI BEACH — As Miami Beach works to blunt the spread of Zika — a virus that is taking a toll on tourism here — the city is wrestling with a separate predicament: a fast-growing outcry over the aerial spraying of naled, the pesticide used to kill adult mosquitoes.Concerned residents and environmental protesters are coalescing around the issue of early morning spraying and raising questions about its safety and efficacy.AdvertisementThe activists want a two-week moratorium on the spraying, which has been done three times in the last two weeks, to see if there is a decline in the number of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which carry the virus, with the continued use of more conventional methods.
not to mention foxnews
Florida expands Zika zone in Miami Beach after 5 new cases
Florida expands Zika zone in Miami Beach after 5 new cases
State officials in Florida on Friday tripled the active Zika transmission zone in the trendy seaside community of Miami Beach after five new cases of the mosquito-borne virus believed to cause a severe birth defect were identified in the area.The active transmission zone grew from 1.5 square miles to 4.5 square miles and consists of a large portion of the popular tourist destination, Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a statement on Friday evening.Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine told the Miami Herald that the city will begin truck-spraying of larvicide in the zone on Saturday.
coupled with usatoday
CDC lifts travel ban as Miami neighborhood declared Zika free
CDC lifts travel ban as Miami neighborhood declared Zika free
Carlos Varas, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a blower to spray pesticide to kill mosquitos in the Miami Beach neighborhood as the county fights to control the Zika virus outbreak on Aug. 24, 2016 in Miami Beach, Florida.(Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images)MIAMI — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its travel warning for Miami's Wynwood neighborhood Monday after Florida Gov.Rick Scott declared the area free of the Zika virus.
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