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East Middlesex Mosquito Control Second Round of Catch Basin Treatment to Control West Nile Virus

Catch Basin Treatment

The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project (EMMCP) has begun the second round of treating Cambridge catch basins with larvicide to help control West Nile Virus in the City. The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project was established in 1945 as a Trust Agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and provides mosquito control services to 26 participating communities located west and northwest of Boston.

This pesticide is classified as low-risk toxicity to humans, other mammals, fish, bees and birds.

EMMCP will be riding bikes, wearing vests, carrying identification and will be placing a small packet of larvicide in each catch basin and paint a PINK dot next to catch basins that have been treated.

For information regarding Policy Order #4, adopted 6/7/2021, please click here.

For more information about this project, including specifics about the Larval Mosquito Control Pesticide, please visit https://sudbury.ma.us/emmcp/.

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