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Letter to the Editor:
BE SAFE – DUMP THE WATER
By Janet Hoffman
An easy way to get rid of mosquitoes that might
cause West Nile virus and other mosquito-carried diseases
would be to have the general public and businesses
empty the water from containers after a rainfall (such as
pails, tires, wheel barrows, etc.). This would eliminate the
need for county and town spraying of pesticides (neurotoxins)
to help rid the threat of larva level of mosquito
development.
How about asking your children to seek out these
possible containers and DUMP THE WATER. In fact, how about
asking your local school district to challenge the
students to have a Search Contest or Game to see who can be
the most effective in eliminating this threat, by dumping
containers filled with standing water.
Otherwise, our only answer is to “bring on the poison?”
I think not.
Janet Hoffman is a member of HBCAC and an
environmental
resource librarian, the following are Green and Clean book
recommendations:
The Allergy-Free Home: a Practical
Guide to Creating a Healthy Environment by Vittoria
D’Alessio
The Consumer’s Guide to Effective
Environmental Choices by Michael Brower &
Warren Leon of the Union of Concerned Scientists
Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday
Products by Mark Shapiro – editorial director
of the Center for Investigative Reporting
Generations at Risk: Reproductive
Health & the Environment by Dr. Ted Schettler
– science director of the Science & Environmental
Health Network
Green Clean: The Environmentally
Sound Guide to Cleaning Your Home by Linda Mason
Hunter & Nikki Halpin
Green This: Greening Your Cleaning
by Deirdre Imus
Harmonious Environment: Beautify,
Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet
by Norma Lehmeier Hartie
How Everyday Products Make People
Sick: Toxins at Home & in the Workplace
by Paul D. Blanc
In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats
to Child Development by Dr. Ted Schettler -
science director of the Science & Environmental Health
Network
Safe Trip To Eden: Information on
Personal Care Products by David Steinman –
environmental health advocate
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