“As the state ramps up its response to what officials fear could be another dangerous summer for eastern equine encephalitis, environmental advocates are warning them to avoid relying on aerial spraying to reduce transmission of the deadly, mosquito-borne disease, an approach they say has proven to be ineffective and endangers public health.
“The bottom line is we are indiscriminately spraying known poisons over millions of acres, and we don’t know the environmental costs,” said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA scientist who directs Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in New England, an advocacy group that filed the complaint.”
