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City To Spray Mosquito Pesticide In Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights Tonight To Prevent West Nile

New York City Department of Health vehicles will be driving through the neighborhood tonight spraying mosquito adulticide into the air, in an effort to prevent West Nile Virus outbreaks in the city. Spraying is scheduled for Brooklyn zip codes 11214 and 11228, between 8pm and 6am. See the map above

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Pesticide Sprayed Over 1,300 Times Last Year In NYC Parks Linked To Cancer

In their battle against weeds and vermin, the New York City Parks Department is using a common pesticide that a new study suggests is associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer. The new concerns arise out of a study published in April by the International Journal of Environmental Research and

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DOH Spraying For Mosquitoes Across Brooklyn Tonight

The Health Department will be spraying across the borough from 8pm tonight to 6am tomorrow to reduce mosquitoes and the spread of West Nile Virus. Trucks will spread Scourge in zip codes 11203, 11210, 11214, 11223, 11224, 11229, 11230, 11234, and 11235. Since some of these areas edge up close

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Thursday: Pesticide Spraying In Marine Park, Mill Basin, Gerritsen Beach

Bug out, Marine Park! Bug out, Mill Basin! Bug out, Gerritsen Beach! Who gets the bugs out? (Department of Health, Health, Health). What get’s the bugs… Okay, I’m done. The point is, the Health Department will spray pesticide from trucks to reduce risk of West Nile virus activity