Health & Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton - FILE PHOTO
Health & Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is seeking to assure the public that chemicals being used in anti-mosquito fogging drives are safe for human health.
Fogging is being conducted in several communities to control the increase in the mosquito population since Hurricane Melissa.
Dr Tufton told JIS that fogging is a "safe method" for getting rid of mosquitoes that transmit dengue and other viruses.
He noted that, over the years, the insecticides used have "improved significantly" and "are a lot more environmentally friendly".
Sherine Huntley Jones, Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager for Vector Control in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, added that the chemicals being used for fogging are certified and approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
She said they are being used, as directed by the manufacturers, so there is no need to fear adverse health effects.
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