Pesticide Alert: Toxic Spraying This Wednesday in Los Altos, Mountain View

The Santa Clara County Vector Control District (SCCVCD) has confirmed that adult mosquitoes collected from the 95122, 95148, 95135, 95111, 95121 ZIP code areas of the city of San José and from the 94022, 94040, 94024 Zip code areas of the cities of Los Altos, Mountain View, and Los Altos Hills have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV).

The detection of mosquitoes infected with WNV has prompted the scheduling of a mosquito fogging treatment in the surrounding areas in an effort to prevent human cases of WNV. Weather permitting, the ground fogging operations are scheduled for 11 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, and will conclude a few hours later in the early morning of Thursday, September 3. A map of the treated area could be seen at http://arcg.is/1N0JSbM

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