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March 19, 2010

Ecology considers bans on mosquito spray

  • There would be exceptions in areas where diseases such as West Nile virus have been confirmed.
    • By ROSS COURTNEY
    Yakima Herald-Republic

    GRANDVIEW — Jim Pinson remembers the days before mosquito control near his farmhouse along the banks of the Yakima River east of here. They're not very fond memories.

    Some summer evenings, he recalls, 20 or more mosquitoes could land on just his hand in the time it took to walk from his back door to a deck chair.


     
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