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West Nile v. Pesticides: Sick Neighbors Face Off on Mosquito Spraying [1]

A Colorado family typifies a growing number of Americans whose health may be put at risk by the drift of pesticides from their neighbors' fogging activities. But neighbors doing the fogging say they, too, are acting to protect their health. A judge ruled this month that pesticide drift can be a form of trespass.



Lynne Peeples reports for Huffington Post July 11, 2012. [2]
 

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Source: Huffington Post [2], 07/12/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/west-nile-v-pesticides-sick-neighbors-face-mosquito-spraying [2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/west-nile-virus-pesticides-neighbors_n_1666081.html?utm_hp_ref=green [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81