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(NaturalNews) EXCLUSIVE: A group of local business owners and citizen activists are gathering data in preparation for a lawsuit against a South Florida county in a bid to halt anti-mosquito spraying with a chemical some experts say is harmful to humans, wildlife and the environment, a resident involved in the effort said.

In recent days about 300 residents of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County showed up at a Miami Beach City Commission meeting to protest the use of the pesticide naled, which is being dispersed via aerial spraying to kill Zika-carrying mosquitoes.

However, Ian Hamilton Trottier, a small business owner and entrepreneur in Miami Beach, says that he believes the chemical has been responsible for the deaths of fish and birds in the area, which he has discovered after each spraying. In an interview, he said he was motivated to oppose continued spraying and use of naled after seeing its effects on local wildlife. He also said he knows someone who developed a rash shortly after a recent spraying.
 

'A chemical weapon'

Those observations coincide with earlier reporting by Natural News regarding the dangers of naled, which has been linked to cancers, paralysis and even death.

"Naled has been found to be highly toxic for fish, birds and beneficial insects, especially bees. Unlike most other insecticides, Naled even interferes with the photosynthesis of plants and therefore causes damage in our flora. ... In short, the toxic, acute and chronic, long-term effects of Naled on humans and nature are horrendous—by far worse than the virus it is used to prevent," said Sadhu Govardhan of Govardhan Gardens, an agicultural consultancy in Puerto Rico. The governor of Puerto Rico has refused to allow the use of naled on the Caribbean island.

Natural News also reported on the deaths of millions of bees following spraying for Zika-carrying mosquitoes in South Carolina earlier this month.

Trottier says it almost seems as though residents in Miami-Dade County, where Zika-carrying mosquitoes have been found, are being sprayed with "a chemical weapon." And yet, local authorities are not planning to stop using naled – an organophosphate chemical – anytime soon, despite rising anger among residents.

The Associated Press reported that about 200 people (Trottier told Natural News the figure was closer to 300) who showed up at the Miami Beach City Commission meeting to protest the spraying, cursed elected leaders and officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for putting out mixed and conflicting information about naled.
 

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