Comments for No-Spray Columbus http://nospraycolumbus.com Together we can stop the needless poisoning of our city. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:02:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Share your fogging story by Sara Morris http://nospraycolumbus.com/?page_id=17&cpage=1#comment-427 Sara Morris Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:02:50 +0000 http://nospraycolumbus.com/?page_id=17#comment-427 Does anyone know who is responsible for the fogging that occurs in the Grove City area? Our neighborhood was fogged last night around 10 PM, but we are not highlighted on the Columbus Public Health Fogging Map. Each time I hear the fogging truck coming I rush around the house to close windows and then watch out the front window as the truck goes by, feeling absolutely sick to my stomach that I pay taxes so that someone can poison my property and my world. Some of the articles I've read state that spraying is only done at certain times to avoid people, pets, and beneficial insects. This is simply not true. Several weeks ago we were fogged around 8 in the evening. At that time kids and pets are still playing outside, and many pollinators and beneficial insects are still buzzing around flower beds and crop fields. Neighborhoods like mine would benefit so much from just a little bit of education about how to keep mosquito populations down naturally, without the use of harmful chemicals. It's really as simply as dumping the pet's water bowl and sweeping the water out of puddles. Surely I can't be the only person living in Grove City that feels this way. Does anyone know who is responsible for the fogging that occurs in the Grove City area? Our neighborhood was fogged last night around 10 PM, but we are not highlighted on the Columbus Public Health Fogging Map. Each time I hear the fogging truck coming I rush around the house to close windows and then watch out the front window as the truck goes by, feeling absolutely sick to my stomach that I pay taxes so that someone can poison my property and my world. Some of the articles I’ve read state that spraying is only done at certain times to avoid people, pets, and beneficial insects. This is simply not true. Several weeks ago we were fogged around 8 in the evening. At that time kids and pets are still playing outside, and many pollinators and beneficial insects are still buzzing around flower beds and crop fields. Neighborhoods like mine would benefit so much from just a little bit of education about how to keep mosquito populations down naturally, without the use of harmful chemicals. It’s really as simply as dumping the pet’s water bowl and sweeping the water out of puddles. Surely I can’t be the only person living in Grove City that feels this way.

]]> Comment on Columbus’s mosquito control program by Adena Brook Community » Comments on Columbus Public Health’s mosquito control program http://nospraycolumbus.com/?p=66&cpage=1#comment-36 Adena Brook Community » Comments on Columbus Public Health’s mosquito control program Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:27:23 +0000 http://nospraycolumbus.com/?p=66#comment-36 [...] Columbus Public Health (the organization that sprays for mosquitos in Columbus and Worthington) asked for feedback on their mosquito control program (follow this link for program documentation, titled Consolidated Vector Control Program Standard Operating Procedures). What follows is feedback provided to CPH (to be reviewed at an upcoming meeting): [...] [...] Columbus Public Health (the organization that sprays for mosquitos in Columbus and Worthington) asked for feedback on their mosquito control program (follow this link for program documentation, titled Consolidated Vector Control Program Standard Operating Procedures). What follows is feedback provided to CPH (to be reviewed at an upcoming meeting): [...]

]]> Comment on Share your fogging story by Neal Edgar http://nospraycolumbus.com/?page_id=17&cpage=1#comment-6 Neal Edgar Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:49:00 +0000 http://nospraycolumbus.com/?page_id=17#comment-6 I recall a few years ago a woman made the front page of The Booster for protesting fogging, and the reactions it had on her. I also recall her being ridiculed. Before and since then I would be walking my dog, early in the morning, and have the misfortune of walking at Whetstone Park where the fogging truck had been. In this age, we use a lot of things that aren't good for us, but often do it because our senses don't experience it as bad. Walking into the fog I immediately knew that this couldn't be good for me or my dog. Or any living thing that entered the fog zone. Just nasty and toxic. We can choose some of our poisons, but not having a choice for something so blatently toxic. is destructive. Thank you for doing something about it. I recall a few years ago a woman made the front page of The Booster for protesting fogging, and the reactions it had on her. I also recall her being ridiculed. Before and since then I would be walking my dog, early in the morning, and have the misfortune of walking at Whetstone Park where the fogging truck had been. In this age, we use a lot of things that aren’t good for us, but often do it because our senses don’t experience it as bad. Walking into the fog I immediately knew that this couldn’t be good for me or my dog. Or any living thing that entered the fog zone. Just nasty and toxic. We can choose some of our poisons, but not having a choice for something so blatently toxic. is destructive. Thank you for doing something about it.

]]> Comment on No-fog Maps for Clintonville by Marc Apfelstadt http://nospraycolumbus.com/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-5 Marc Apfelstadt Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:55:10 +0000 http://nospraycolumbus.com/?p=44#comment-5 Great to see the Clintonville maps. That's a reasonable starting point. The site is called "No Spray Columbus, though. What can be done to explore & reflect the fact that this issue is metropolitan in scope, and to ensure that the problem is explored and addressed for the entire community? Resolving the issue citywide serves two purposes: 1. it provides a larger base for drawing in concerned citizens, in probability raising the issue's impact and visibility 2. it would also take care of the concern for the Clintonville community, as part of a holistic solution Thoughts in that regard from others would be welcomed... as a Dublin resident who is equally concerned, I am hopeful that any activities and communication with civic leaders (and any resolution/change in policy) is inclusive rather than exclusive. Marc Great to see the Clintonville maps. That’s a reasonable starting point.

The site is called “No Spray Columbus, though. What can be done to explore & reflect the fact that this issue is metropolitan in scope, and to ensure that the problem is explored and addressed for the entire community?

Resolving the issue citywide serves two purposes:
1. it provides a larger base for drawing in concerned citizens, in probability raising the issue’s impact and visibility
2. it would also take care of the concern for the Clintonville community, as part of a holistic solution

Thoughts in that regard from others would be welcomed… as a Dublin resident who is equally concerned, I am hopeful that any activities and communication with civic leaders (and any resolution/change in policy) is inclusive rather than exclusive.

Marc

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