(ultra low-volume) application in (mosquito control) activities did not result in substantial pesticide exposure to humans.

[PBO is classified as a carcinogen,] but it's not truly one in its own right, ... It inhibits the metabolism of certain types of chemicals in insects. For human and mammalian species it can help promote cancer - but only in large doses over a long period of time.

The real, measurable risk of West Nile far outweighs the predicted risk of these chemicals, but that doesn't mean the perception of risk isn't there.

The risk is going to be extremely low compared to the very real risk of West Nile virus,

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control