Are mosquito control insecticides safe to use, and should I be concerned if Im exposed to spraying?
The Mosquito Control Section only uses insecticides that are registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for mosquito control purposes. The EPA has determined through an inclusive and exhaustive science-based testing and review process that when these modern insecticides are applied in accordance with all EPA-approved product label instructions, their application poses no unacceptable risks to human health, wildlife or the environment. The EPAs review process now typically entails that a pesticide manufacturer must spend almost 10 years and from $30-$50 million dollars in testing before being allowed to bring a new product to market, and also has to invest significant resources in keeping an existing pesticide re-registered for continued use, all which is given careful scrutiny and review by the EPA. In part, the types of testing done include exposures and reactions of birds and mammals to ingested, inhaled or dermal contacts with a pesticide; as well as examining acut
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