- Target:
- U.S. Congress
- Region:
- Puerto Rico
This petition is now closed.
This is to stop the plan to spray the pesticide Naled in Puerto Rico.
The CDC has approved to spray Naled in Puerto Rico. The pesticide will kill a variety of organisms including bees, birds and fish and can cause health problems to humans such as seizures, dizziness and respiratory paralysis.
Its components get suspended in the air for a while for everyone to inhale! The CDC explain that when the spraying occurs people should stay at home with windows closed and no air conditioning. Is this a joke? Who can do that when the temperatures in such enclosures ranges between 90 and over a 100 degrees. Naled arrived in Puerto Rico on July 19 without any permits and maybe without the Governor's knowledge.
We call the US Congress to stop the CDC in their plan to spray Naled in Puerto Rico.
They need to take back the pesticide to where it belongs as it is not even located in appropriate facilities.
The We do not want the CDC to spray Naled in Puerto Rico petition to U.S. Congress was written by magda rivera and is in the category Health at GoPetition.