{"id":22550,"date":"2018-09-21T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=22550"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:46:54","slug":"public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-sprayings-in-baltimore-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/09\/21\/public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-sprayings-in-baltimore-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Notice: Unscheduled Mosquito Control Sprayings in Baltimore County"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><em>Sprayings Planned for Sunday-Monday Evening<\/em><\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the local department of health, will expand mosquito control services in the\u00a0<strong>Timonium<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Parkville<\/strong>\u00a0areas of Baltimore County due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying to control adult mosquitoes is planned for the evening of\u00a0<strong>Sunday, September 23,<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Timonium<\/strong>\u00a0area, within a one-mile radius of the intersection of Gorsuch Road and Reuter Road.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying to control adult mosquitoes is planned for the evening of\u00a0<strong>Monday, September 24,<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Parkville<\/strong>\u00a0area, within a one-mile radius of the intersection of Taylor Avenue and Harford Road.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Spraying will occur after 7:30 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, spraying will be re-scheduled for the next available evening. Any existing spray exemptions in the area will be temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Mosquito Control personnel will use a permethrin-based solution that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/mosquitocontrol\/permethrin-resmethrin-d-phenothrin-sumithrinr-synthetic-pyrethroids-mosquito-control\">EPA has approved<\/a>\u00a0for use in public health mosquito control programs without posing unreasonable risks to human health. However, out of an abundance of caution, the department recommends avoiding outdoor activities during spraying.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">While not all mosquitoes carry diseases, the Maryland Department of Agriculture suggests that residents take precautions to minimize their exposure to mosquito bites. These measures include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear long, loose fitting, light colored clothing<\/li>\n<li>Wear insect repellents according to product labels<\/li>\n<li>Avoid mosquito infested areas during prime periods of activity (between dusk and dawn)<\/li>\n<li>Install, inspect, and repair window and door screens in homes and stables<\/li>\n<li>Regularly clean bird baths and bowls for pet food and water<\/li>\n<li>Remove or empty all water-holding containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">All Marylanders are encouraged to follow the Department\u2019s Twitter feed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MdAgMosquito\">@MdAgMosquito<\/a>\u00a0that will post unscheduled spray events and other timely information about mosquito control in Maryland. Routine spray program schedules are available by county on the program&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/plants-pests\/Pages\/mosquito_control_program_description.aspx\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For more information, call the Department of Agriculture\u2019s Mosquito Control Program at 410-841-5870.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong># # #<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sprayings Planned for Sunday-Monday Evening ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the local department of health, will expand mosquito control services in the\u00a0Timonium\u00a0and\u00a0Parkville\u00a0areas of Baltimore County due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases. Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying to control adult mosquitoes is planned for<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/09\/21\/public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-sprayings-in-baltimore-county\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22552,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22550\/revisions\/22552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}