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Article: Neighborhood evaluates plan to spray moths.(Environment)(The proposed action against an outbreak raises questions but few objections)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- January 27, 2004
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Byline: Scott Maben The Register-Guard
State officials Monday night heard their first reaction from the general public to a proposal to spray a biological insecticide in south Eugene this spring in an effort to eradicate a gypsy moth outbreak.
And what they heard, mostly, was a lot of questions: Will the spray hurt pets? What will it do to garden vegetables? What should we do if we find a gypsy moth on our property?
Much of the discussion in the Crest Drive Elementary School gymnasium centered on the safety of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki, or Btk, which the state proposes spraying over 183 acres in the Crest Drive neighborhood.
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