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County to Treat Islip Town Salt Marshes With Pesticides
Helicopters will be flying over the local marshes Thursday applying liquid pesticide to control mosquito larvae.
The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control will be treating several salt marshes across Long Island by helicopter on Thursday to control mosquito larvae.
The treatment will take place from 5 a.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday.
The helicopters will be flying at a low altitude, dropping the liquid pesticide Vectobac 12AS (Bti).
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No precautions are recommended to prepare for this spraying.
Human exposure from this operation is unlikely and the products involved have no significant human toxicity, according to a press release from Suffolk County.
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In case of inclement weather, the treatment will be rescheduled.
In the Town of Islip, the application will take place at the following locations:
- Robert Moses Coast Guard Station
- Clam Pond
- Gardiner Park
- Seatuck NWR
- Islip Preserve
- Quintuck Creek
- Heckscher State Park
- Idle Hour
- Pepperidge Hall
- Namkee Creek
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