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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm considering mosquito spraying this summer and fall. Is spraying safe to have done when you are pregnant and working from home? I know there's the more natural garlic spray option, but it seems to get pretty lackluster reviews.[/quote]

safer than zika...[/quote]

Spraying lawns is actually ineffective against Zika.  We don't have the mosquitos that carry Zika here.  We have the invasive Tiger mosquitos.  Many of my neighbors spray their yards and it doesn't make a dent with the tiger mosquitos, but they keep doing it.

Regarding Zika, Dr. Scott Weaver head of the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity at UTMB that spraying backyards is ineffective. The females of the mosquitos that carry the virus live in homes of the affected countries.  That's why they fumigate those homes to try to eradicate them. It is extremely unlikely however that we'd need to fumigate homes here b/c most everyone has window and door screens as well as AC. The countries where Zika is having the biggest impact don't even have screens.

I'm sure there will be even more massive spraying this summer. It hasn't gotten rid of the tiger mosquito which is the invasive species here or deer ticks that carry lyme. We'll just get even fewer bees and butterflies.
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The mosquito that carries zika has been moving north as the weather gets warmer.  Although it hasn't arrived it the DMV it is only a matter of time.[/quote]

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