Are the insecticides/pesticides used for mosquitoes safe?
Pesticides are tested extensively for human and environmental safety before their use is allowed. Because of the way they are applied, mosquito treatments use some of the safest available insecticides. Certain mosquito larvicides need to be safe enough to use in sources of drinking water and to avoid harming other aquatic life. However, no insecticide is completely safe so adult mosquito sprays used in inhabited areas are applied only when public health officials decide that the healths risks from West Nile virus or other mosquito borne illness outweigh the risk from exposure to the insecticide.
