Guardian: Aerial spraying of insecticide is set to begin over Dallas on Thursday night as the city battles the worst outbreak of the West Nile virus in the US this year.
Mayor Mike Rawlings has declared a state of emergency and announced the first aerial spraying in the city and its suburbs since 1966 in response to the growing number of victims of the virus, which spreads to humans via mosquito bites and is reaching epidemic proportions in north Texas.
"Right now, Texas has half the West Nile cases......
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Texas plans insecticide canvass as West Nile Virus deaths reach 16
Posted by Guardian: Tom Dart on August 16th, 2012
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