CDC - Malathion Responsible for More than 200 Illinesses
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A Florida lawsuit raises health concerns
Date:
Tue, 22 Oct 2002
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
Cc: Brian J. Foster
Fox 8 WVUE TV 10/16/02
http://www.fox8live.com/mainStory.jsp?st=1686
A Florida lawsuit raises health concerns over the commonly used pesticide
Malathion. In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control concluded that the
chemical was responsible for more than two hundred illnesses in Florida,
including one death. The pesticide was used to combat the medfly outbreak
that threatened Florida's orange crop. The Environmental Protection Agency
said high storage temperatures for the chemical could have contributed to the
spray's high level of toxicity. Similar temperatures are often found in
Louisiana.
Louisiana Mosquito Districts questioned the chemical's ability to handle
high temperatures more than seven years ago. New Orleans is the only district
still using the spray. Now concerns are being raised once again.
The state has doubled up on its spraying efforts since the West Nile Outbreak. So far no illnesses have been reported in Louisiana as a result of Malathion use.
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