Fragmented newspaper clipping from September 2005

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

CITY Ma-t,a.' NEWSDAY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2005

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‘'i- mosquito sprayer h The agency says a company hired by the city in 2000 subjected sorhe workers to harmful chemicals; the business denies any wrongdoing BY dan FAGIN terrain vehicIes whiJe spray­ ^"ItMFWRrra . .%- —.. <. ' ‘r ' - ' . ' • ing, and tbe fourth said be /'was-cpat^-wia -sprayby'a'- \.%5i^^’llinois;<eompany ;bired ;jmssiag-.teick., Two -of the- Giuliani administration /-wpriwS; also said they were ' te spray for •'’mosgaitoes \ 'ndvef’^yea-protective.masks die city in 2000 re- or gloves. ; ,^pes?i^aiy./aapwed its'-w«rldits'\ 'also’' :'. to be exposed to drifting charges that Clarke chose clouds of pesticides, the DiS. routes fo^^^Anvil^raying;. • Environmental -, Protection .■■■/toicks nine times "■ yesterday.- ' -^made' W^iji^possible not •. to -. . _ In an administrative' com-, „<- ■';-|da»vtoe'‘EPA"said itis’seek- sif«^.,=liba/jpr{jhibits it fiscsoa.-.' of’$742300 from/Bli- beihg^S]Rt^dWer-water.. ,;,a^=!based -Clarke Environ- :,-,-Aa“.-iEPA‘",^kesman, Ridh-v iftKsttW ‘‘'-Mpsqnito 'Manage- '■-G^iah-'s^ 'rae agency could. ment lnc. mot substantiate that mem- A spokeswoman for tibe . b^ W itfe 'Icoep^ny 'demed -.'the'- charges ■pipsed"'to‘ ..ex«ssive amounts. '-a^ said it will contest them of'• pe^eides,: only Clarke' . ..hWre an-administrative' law -work^. -^ - \-'A‘gi*)ieswp®ian“Tor -Clarke, In 2001, Clarke agreed to XauraMs^wffli, said the com- jray an $1800,000 fine to New pany “adhered to all label re­ York State for inadequately quirements’’ and did its work training its workers during “with Yhe Iciest regard for the 2000 spraying, conducted the health-and safety of resi- .'tpmontrol'fc'spread of-West-'--dents'and-emplbyees^” ' 'NHe Virus. She added, “we are confi- The .newallegations, this dent'that these charges will --■'time from- EPA, are based on be found meritless.” the testimony of. four former -New York City hasn’t used Cteke workSra who told agen- Clarke for ground-spraying cy investigators they were re- for mosquito control since peatedly exposed to the pesti- 2000, but it did hire the coin­ cides Anvil and Vectolex. pany in 2004 to do some aeri- Three workers said they ■ -al spraying from-helicopters, were told to drive open-air -all- McGowan said.

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