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City to Drop More Pesticide to Prevent Spread of Zika and West Nile Viruses

By Kathleen Culliton | August 23, 2016 8:44am
 Pesticides will be sprayed in Brooklyn in Queens neighborhoods Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. 
Pesticides will be sprayed in Brooklyn in Queens neighborhoods Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. 
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BROOKLYN, QUEENS — The city will again spray pesticide in parts of New York City on Tuesday night to reduce mosquito activity and the risk of Zika and West Nile viruses, the Health Department said.

Several Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods will be treated between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m Wednesday due to a significant presence of Aedes albopictus, or Asian tiger mosquitoes, which could potentially carry Zika but are not responsible for the Latin and Central American outbreak, the agency said.

The city will use low concentrations of pesticides DUET and Anvil 10+10, which pose no significant risks to human health, officials said.

In Brooklyn, pesticides will be sprayed in neighborhoods that include Bay Ridge, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. 

Pesticides will be sprayed in Queens in Auburndale, Bayside, Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, Linden Hill, Malba and Whitestone.

No mosquitos carrying Zika have been found in New York City, the city said, but there have been a recorded 483 cases of Zika in New Yorkers as of Aug. 12. There was also a baby was born with Zika-related birth defects and at least five people have contracted the virus through sex.

The Health Department advises people, especially those with respiratory conditions, to stay indoors while the trucks are spraying the pesticide.

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