What's in that mosquito spray...?

[Kenosha]

My wife, my 2 year old, and my one month old were walking tonight on our street, about 9:30 (because it is too hot to walk earlier), and we just took a direct hit from the mosquito control truck.  

I saw him coming, and I tried to flag him down (he was driving to fast anyway) but he did not stop, and he did not stop his sprayer.  I am not sure it would have mattered if he did, honestly.  We could taste it in our mouths, and I could feel it in my eyes.

My concern is really about my kids...I recognize that West Nile Virus is an issue, but really, am I willing to let my infant and toddler inhale a bunch of chemicals to prevent it?

If anyone knows anything about this chemical or program please let me know.  I am calling the City-County Health Dept tomorrow to issue a complaint...I feel like the driver should have stopped to let us get out of  the way... or at least have been able to shut down his fogger.  Needless to say....I am pissed.

[FOTD]

Better living through chemistry. But......
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/environment/Envir00_01/p6/gpapd6/malthion.htm

[Kenosha]

When I find out what they are using, I'll post it.

[RecycleMichael]

The Tulsa City/county health department has a mosquito control section.

The phone number is 595-4219.

Here is their website...

http://www.tulsa-health.org/environmental-health/mosquito-control/?lid=518

[MDepr2007]

One of my sons was asthmatic when he was younger. We got caught coming home from the park one evening and had even waited after we saw the truck to continue forward. It was still enough to set his asthma off.  
Besides being responsible I beleive in the lose of honey bees around here I douhbt it was more helpfull than harmfull.
If the city would fix the fire hydrant leak on our street it would help a bunch in stopping the birthing around here.

[mrB]

Contact the Tulsa City-County Health Department at (918) 582-WELL (9355) and ask for Environmental Protection.

Tell them of the fire hydrant leak and also report it to the City Water Department
[To report Leaks or Outages, call: 918-596-9488]

You would have needed to follow the THD Mosquito Control truck around all night, inhaling as much as you could to do any type of harm. I've seem neighborhood kids running behind the trucks before and they were no worse for wear than before!

Call THD, they're not in the business of hurting the public.
THD is in the business of protecting the health of the public!

[Breadburner]

Resmethrin more than likely....

[Ibanez]

The good news: You are going to gain superpowers.

The bad news: Those powers are the ability to buzz really loud in someone's ear and to suck blood.

[cannon_fodder]

I'm not a chemical expert, but I wouldn't worry about it.  It has to be a very common occurrence and the EPA/NIH and a ton of other three letter entities certify this crap.  People used to sit in clouds of DDT at picnics with no ill effects.

Probably not preferable, but not worth stressing out about.

[Townsend]

There's an infantile part of my brain that's convinced it's mind control drugs.

[TheArtist]

Death! [}:)]

[patric]

Mosquitoes can get pretty thick in my neighborhood, but the only reluctance I would have to spraying is the loss if the fireflies.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

I'm not a chemical expert, but I wouldn't worry about it.  It has to be a very common occurrence and the EPA/NIH and a ton of other three letter entities certify this crap.  People used to sit in clouds of DDT at picnics with no ill effects.

Probably not preferable, but not worth stressing out about.

Yeah, they would have to use something that is not that toxic because people are around. However, If I seen the truck coming I'd have moved as far away as I could, whatever is in the stuff it can't be good for you. Our car got sprayed one time when I was kid by a crop duster in a field, we seen it coming and everyone rolled up their windows. That stuff must be even worse. That was in the 1960's.

[Gaspar]

I thought they used Malathion.  It has very low toxicity for humans and animals.  

To my knowledge it's the only chemical listed and approved for public health mosquito control applications.  I don't think anything else is listed for this use at all.

I would almost guarantee that this is what they are using.  

[zstyles]

But also remember that toxins for adults would be totally different than toxins in small children who are developing...def. would stay away from it all. \