Already the City of Winnipeg is gearing up its supplies of lethal pesticides and fogging equipment to spray on city streets, lawns, and parkland.  One common pesticide used to kill adult mosquitoes is malathion.  According to the California-based Pesticide Action Network, malathion is not only a possible carcinogen and endocrine disruptor, it also inhibits an important chemical in brain and nervous system development.  Exposure has been linked to “to impaired neurological development in the fetus and in infants, chronic fatigue syndrome, and Parkinson's disease.” 

So be prepared. Get yourself on the City’s no fog list now!

If you wish to be more involved, contact Living Green Living Well for details.

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Citizens may register for a buffer zone by contacting the Insect Control Branch by using the online form, by faxing to 311 or by writing to:

3 Grey Street
Winnipeg Manitoba
R2L 1V2

If you are registering by fax or mail, you should provide you name, date, address and telephone number. Be sure to say you want to register for a buffer for both the adult mosquito fogging and the cankerworm programs.

News items on fogging program:

Winnipeg Free Press: Anti-fogging debate already in the air, Mar 1, 2009

CBC: Critics reject doctors' call for end to Winnipeg mosquito fogging, July, 26, 2005

Other Resources:

Open Letter to Province of Manitoba and City of Winnipeg from Concerned Residents of Winnipeg,  Feb 12, 2004 (includes links to many important references and documents).