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The Arboretum willl be sprayed with a natural pesticide to try to block the spread of the West Nile virus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28824
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Pesticide Spray
West Nile Virus
Item ID
29016AN
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The Arcadia City Council will be asked to pass a resolution calling for an immediate halt to the recent malathion-laden helicopter assaults on the medfly. Many have expressed concerns about the repeated spraying, but health and agricultural officials insist that malathion is harmless to humans in the quantities being used.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2194
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 4, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 4, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pesticides
Item ID
2169AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education backed the idea of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to aerial spraying of malathion. The board's actions came less than a week after the Arcadia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking for a halt to the spraying.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2195
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pesticides
Item ID
2170AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In an effort to combat the spread of West Nile virus, technicians sprayed the 127-acre Arboretum with a pesticide called Scourge that kills adult mosquitos.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28825
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2004
Pages
p. A1,4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2004
Pages
p. A1,4
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Pesticide - "Scourge"
West Nile Virus
Pesticide spraying
Item ID
29017AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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