West Nile Virus vs. Pesticides: Sick Neighbors Face Off Over Mosquito Spraying

July 12, 2012

Rosemary Bilchak and her husband, Gordon MacAlpine, were eating on their porch when they heard the engine of the pesticide fogger rev up following door. They grabbed their aliment, went inside and closed the windows. “I was smart enough to grab my camera, also,” said Bilchak. As evidenced by her photos, the tiny droplets of pesticide that neighbor Jim Hopper was spraying on his Hotchkiss, Colo., yard — outside of the back of a pickup truck — had drifted onto their property. This was not what the doctor had ordered: MacAlpine, who suffers from leukemia, was told by his oncologist to avoid exposure to pesticides. Glance at More…
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