Comments on: Get the Fogging Out Of Here! http://thebarbadosblog.com/2008/12/06/get-the-fogging-out-of-here/ Life in Barbados According to a Wandering Scotsman Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jeff http://thebarbadosblog.com/2008/12/06/get-the-fogging-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Jeff Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:49:04 +0000 http://thebarbadosblog.com/?p=1249#comment-1239 Do you konw how many millions of people have died from mosquitoes? I suppose you would think differently about this "pollution" as you call it if your child died from malaria or some other disease from these infected vectors. Yes, I said millions if not more have died because of this environmental movement that has yet saved one life because what, that planet is now cooler? I don't think so. So I will take precautions and educate myself about the potential danger versus the benefits from using pesticides responsibly. Do you konw how many millions of people have died from mosquitoes? I suppose you would think differently about this “pollution” as you call it if your child died from malaria or some other disease from these infected vectors. Yes, I said millions if not more have died because of this environmental movement that has yet saved one life because what, that planet is now cooler? I don’t think so. So I will take precautions and educate myself about the potential danger versus the benefits from using pesticides responsibly.

]]> By: Victor http://thebarbadosblog.com/2008/12/06/get-the-fogging-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Victor Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:13:16 +0000 http://thebarbadosblog.com/?p=1249#comment-908 I suggest that you don't 1eave the windows and doors open as the mosquitoes just f1y straight into the house to get away from the fogging they get b1own in,in fact, especia11y if you are upwind of the truck or on coast roads and after the truck is gone you have mi11ions of mosquitoes in your house! I suggest that you don’t 1eave the windows and doors open as the mosquitoes just f1y straight into the house to get away from the fogging they get b1own in,in fact, especia11y if you are upwind of the truck or on coast roads and after the truck is gone you have mi11ions of mosquitoes in your house!

]]> By: garryaw http://thebarbadosblog.com/2008/12/06/get-the-fogging-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-603 garryaw Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:59:46 +0000 http://thebarbadosblog.com/?p=1249#comment-603 That’s good to know that it is only a small amount of Malathion that is used, but I feel also there must be better solutions to dealing with the mosquitoes population rather than using chemicals! I really hate driving behind some of those buses that have clouds of disgusting black smoke pouring out of them. It was the same back home in Scotland; you would have the buses doing the same and the lorries. Governments have an obligation to protect the environment. That’s good to know that it is only a small amount of Malathion that is used, but I feel also there must be better solutions to dealing with the mosquitoes population rather than using chemicals!

I really hate driving behind some of those buses that have clouds of disgusting black smoke pouring out of them. It was the same back home in Scotland; you would have the buses doing the same and the lorries. Governments have an obligation to protect the environment.

]]> By: John Da Silva http://thebarbadosblog.com/2008/12/06/get-the-fogging-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-592 John Da Silva Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:29:30 +0000 http://thebarbadosblog.com/?p=1249#comment-592 The small amount of malathion used in the fogging machines will cause no health problems. Mosquitoes, unlike human, do not have the enzymes to break down malathion, hence it is toxic to them. Human break to malathion and hence small doses are not toxic. http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu/Medfly/fdacs-0217.htm http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/HealthandSocialServices/PublicHealth/WestNileVirus/QA-Adulticiding.htm The small amount of malathion used in the fogging machines will cause no health problems. Mosquitoes, unlike human, do not have the enzymes to break down malathion, hence it is toxic to them. Human break to malathion and hence small doses are not toxic.

http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu/Medfly/fdacs-0217.htm

http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/HealthandSocialServices/PublicHealth/WestNileVirus/QA-Adulticiding.htm

]]> By: Piper http://thebarbadosblog.com/2008/12/06/get-the-fogging-out-of-here/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Piper Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:37:31 +0000 http://thebarbadosblog.com/?p=1249#comment-590 I agree totally with you. I lived in Barbados for 7 years and was amazed at the laisse faire attitude that Bajans have about chemicals and pollution. Yes Barbados is a tropical country and with that comes a very healthy insect population but surely there must be less harmful ways of dealing with it. It's not only the fogging but the slap dash and careless way that homes are treated by pest control companies which, in Barbados, is done on a regular basis. A guy shows up with a big industrial cannister of roach killer and if you ask what the chemical is, he can't tell you. He is wearing a mask but when you ask him if you and the family should vacate and come back a few hours later, he will tell you no, it's not necessary. Then there is the issue of leaded gas and all the cars, buses and trucks that spew black clouds all along the roads in Barbados. It's time that the government started behaving like responsible world citizens and put a stop to this pollution. I agree totally with you. I lived in Barbados for 7 years and was amazed at the laisse faire attitude that Bajans have about chemicals and pollution. Yes Barbados is a tropical country and with that comes a very healthy insect population but surely there must be less harmful ways of dealing with it. It’s not only the fogging but the slap dash and careless way that homes are treated by pest control companies which, in Barbados, is done on a regular basis. A guy shows up with a big industrial cannister of roach killer and if you ask what the chemical is, he can’t tell you. He is wearing a mask but when you ask him if you and the family should vacate and come back a few hours later, he will tell you no, it’s not necessary. Then there is the issue of leaded gas and all the cars, buses and trucks that spew black clouds all along the roads in Barbados. It’s time that the government started behaving like responsible world citizens and put a stop to this pollution.

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