They're happy to be sprayed with carcinogenic poison to kill a few bugs? Talk about a bunch of morons. But then again, half of Portsmouth residents probably don't even know what that word means. Oh noes a mosquito!!!

To clarify, that spray will sit on your lawns. Don't let your pets out and about and then go running back into the house, otherwise you can enjoy that mosquito poison in your house as well. Cheers to feeling well and good health!

I say it's about time the town woke up and decided to spray for mosquitos. I have not enjoyed my yard at all this summer because everytime I go outside I get attacked by these nasty bugs. I grew up in Portsmouth (Island Park) and they always sprayed early in the summer every year and mosquitos were never a problem. Why they waited until the last two weeks of summer is beyond me; should have been done weeks ago.

Please read the hazards associated with the chemical they are going to use and decide if it's worth spraying on your property. Also please consider the hazards to the environment - not only does it kill mosquitoes, it also kills bees and fish.

http://www.mda.state.md.us/pdf/msdlabel/Anvill.pdf

I keep honey bees and am not happy about this news. Let's not always reach for a toxin when there is an ecosystem imbalance. Please encourage natural predators like birds and bats.

Be sure to avoid standing water. rinse and refresh your bird baths daily, clean out your gutter drains to prevent blocked drains and put a screen over your rain barrel.

I see a comment about sprays sitting on lawns, What do you think will happen to our gardens and local farms full of tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, cucumbers and other about-to-ripen foods? Do you really want to eat the products that kills insects? The sprays may get into grasses and hay that feed the animals that we eat or make our milk. Sprays may also drift or run off into streams and the bay which supplies our fish.

Years ago the town used to spray every year from the air and people were able to enjoy their summers and were safe. No one died from that and no pets were harmed BUT the few idiots who thought it might hurt them cried and cried and the town and state stopped the spraying. A few precautions on our part is all that is needed and then maybe once again we can be safe and enjoy what is left of our summer. Triple E is just a couple of miles across the river and the few who don't get it still want to cry? Well too bad cry babies as there are a lot of others who want it to be safe for their familys and their pets. And if you don't like it well you can always MOVE out of town!!!!

Considering the chemicals that have been applied by individuals, deet on our bodies and a variety of chemical sprays on our lawns, what the town will be applying is far less toxic and more controled. Anvil 10+10 will light desolve the following day. We need to combat the mosquito problem; it is not only a nuisance but a health issue. I had a close family member and a friend die from mosquito borne viral encephalitis, both were Portsmouth residents. I appreciate DEM's and the town's decisions.

Just as others have comments, the toxic chemicals being sprayed are far worse than the virus. The sheeple are as always asleep at the wheel. Wake up to what's going on around you and start addressing real issues. Toxic spraying, chem trail spraying with Aluminum, Strontium and other chemicals should be your concern. Its called a slow kill that progressively over time destroys your immune system. There are other natural ways to defend against the virus.

http://www.naturalnews.com/036877_aerial_spraying_West_Nile_virus_chemicals.html

Those that do not want the spraying can you please come and mow my lawn for me?

Robert E. 1st comment=gold!

Thanks Craig for your link. Here are some key elements from that piece:
"Aerial mosquito spraying ineffective, unsafe

According to research compiled by the group Stop West Nile Virus Spraying Now (http://www.stopwestnilesprayingnow.org/), aerial spraying endeavors are not even effective at preventing the transmission of WNv. Dr. Wallace LeStourgeon, a molecular biologist from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, says there is no evidence to show that aerial sprayings legitimately fight West Nile Virus (http://www.stopwestnilesprayingnow.org/Evidence.htm).

Contrary to the reassurances of public officials, there is also no evidence that aerial spraying chemicals are safe for humans. ...EPA shows that pyrethrin chemicals can cause severe reactions in many people, and may be responsible for injuring and killing far more people than they theoretically save from dying of WNv.

"...spraying is ineffective for WNv," says a recent report by California Progress Report. "... WNv transmission [control needs]: 1) early, sufficient treatment for mosquito larvae is the key to control; 2) treatment aimed at adults later in the season cannot possibly eradicate the virus." "

how about the town does something about my slob of a neighbor who has crap (buckets, old planters, blow up pool toys/floaties) sitting all over his back yard, surely breeding grounds for mosquitos, along with an illegal pool with a tarp cover that sits for days with water collecting on top of it.

Sometimes common sense is needed by everyone too. I mean sometimes its like leaving your garbage cans out uncovered and then complaining that you have skunks in your yard....