EDITOR, The Tribune.

I would greatly appreciate it if you would publish this open letter to the Department of Environmental Health Services.

As a scientist and a concerned citizen, I appreciate the need to reduce mosquito populations to head off the transmission of diseases such as Dengue Fever and I acknowledge the use of Malathion spray as a method of mosquito population control in forested areas.

That being said, when I awoke early this week around 5am to the rumbling drone of the sprayer truck, I was unprepared for the heavy dose of Malathion that came into my bedroom window.

I feel this is inappropriate. People need to be informed/warned of these types of activities before they happ ...

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