Guest guest Posted October 19, 1999 Report Share Posted October 19, 1999 What are they spraying? PRO> West Nile-like virus, aircraft spraying: RFI Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:05:43 -0400 (EDT) From: ProMED <promed@...> To: promed@... WEST NILE-LIKE VIRUS, AIRCRAFT SPRAYING: REQUEST FOR INFO ********************************************************* A ProMED post <http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed.html> Date: Tue 19 Oct 1999 From: Jack Woodall <woodall@... This is a survey for reports of flights leaving New York recently that have been sprayed with insecticide after departure, to kill any mosquitoes that may have boarded there & could possibly be carrying West Nile-like virus. I was told Brazil has been requiring this since 1 Sep 1999, but it may have only been their national airlines, because a relative arrived here in Rio on Continental on 30 Sep & didn´t see any spraying. Of course, she may have been sleeping when it was done -- it was a night flight. Or it may have been done through the ventilation system rather than by a steward/ess walking through the cabin with an aerosol can. We also had an enquiry from New Zealand as to whether planes arriving there from NYC were sprayed. Please send any relevant information to me at my e-mail address below. Jack -- Dr Jack Woodall Director, ProMED Institute of Biomedical Sciences Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil e-mail: woodall@... .........................................jw/es Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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