Summer in Miami is actively combating mosquitoes. Over the city regularly sprayed with pesticides. And like a good goal, but not all residents happy with the event. So, two residents of Miami beach want to put an end to the spraying, stating that the solution worse than the problem.
Family doctor Michael Hall and attorney Cindy Mattson sue the County of Miami-Dade County due to the spraying over the city of a pesticide containing a substance called naled. Today the case will be held the first hearing.
Districts used naled (Naled) for decades to combat the mosquitoes in the mangroves and swamps, but last year, officials expanded the area of use of pesticide in urban and surrounding areas. The goal is the fight against mosquitoes, which can become a source of the virus, Zeke.
Protection Agency environmental (EPA) is currently conducting a continuous study of the influence of naled on the human body and the environment. Nevertheless, we know that he was banned for residential use in 2015 and has been outlawed in Europe.
The authorities in Miami-Dade claim that the sprayed substance is endorsed by several agencies and officials, while the American Academy of Pediatrics States that it can cause developmental disorders in children, and contribute to the development of autism.
What will be the outcome of the proceedings is not yet known, but dissatisfied with the spraying of naled in Miami much more than two.
