It is NOT reasonable to fog with poison 4.1 square MILES each time there is a single positive find of a mosquito.
Vector Control can no longer use the excuse that they are killing mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus. They have failed to show even a consistent two-day mosquito reduction. Furthermore, Vector Control has not even studied the environment to understand that they are killing the very predators that control mosquitoes and their larva.
There is evidence that there is a correlation between the pesticides that Vector Control uses and countless dead bees, butterflies, birds, frogs, mosquito eaters, dragonflies, damselflies, and other primary predators of mosquitoes.
Vector Control claims the pesticides they use are safe for bees, yet bees were found dead the day after fogging (spraying). According to Columbia Food Labs, the results showed the dead bees contained Zenivex E4.
The pesticide Zenivex E4 (active chemical etofenprox), stated in Santa Clara County water permit, has a 4.1 day soil half-life. Yet, Columbia University found the pesticide Zenivex E4 actually has more than a year of soil half-life. In other words, the pesticide does not dissipate after days, but instead it takes years to vanish.
These pesticides are toxic to humans, impacting all body systems, especially hormonal systems, gut flora, and the brain. Pesticide exposures, including pesticides that have been used by Vector Control, are associated with respiratory illnesses and cancer. Many people have complained of becoming sick after fogging (spraying) to Vector Control, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and to Healthy Alternatives To Pesticides.
One of Vector Control’s pesticides, Zenivex E4 content is 96% not disclosed (trade secret). Not even Vector Control, the agency using it, or the Board of Supervisors, knows what is in the 96%. Pesticide formulas are not required by the EPA to be tested, only the active ingredient. Thus, this mass pesticide fogging (spraying) is a huge uncontrolled experiment with basically unknown ingredients with no researchers on the job. No one can say it is safe or effective because no one knows all the ingredients.
★ Zenivex E4 Was Withdrawn By The Manufacturer in the state of New York★
The state of New York received notification from the manufacturer Wellmark International to withdraw their application for Zenivex E4 (the same pesticide they are spraying here in our state) because they were unable to prove that it was safe. Documents obtained by New York Health Department state, “However, the ecological technical review resulted in unmitigated concerns with respect to data gaps and risks to aquatic species.”
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Our previous protest on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 protest made the news!
Read the Channel 7 ABC News story or Scott Herhold’s San Jose Mercury column.
(Channel 7’s coverage begins after a 12 second ad on the video below.)
Toxic Pesticide Fogging In Santa Clara County 9/29/15
