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THESE UNDERWATER CAMERAS HELP
TO CUT THE LINES.
THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO FREE THE
WHALE AROUND 7:30 P.M.
TONIGHT.
A I-TEAM INVESTIGATION INTO
THE FIGHT AGAINST MOSQUITOES
HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
AS THE STATE MAPS OUT A BATTLE
PLAN.
THE I-TEAM HAS LEARNED THOUSANDS
OF ACRES OF LAND WILL BE
UNTREATED -- LEFT UNTREATED.
THAT MOVE HAS RESIDENTS
WORRIED ABOUT THE RISK.
TONIGHT, WE EXPLAIN WHO IS
STOPPING THE SPRAY?
AND HELICOPTERS, WITH PELLETS,
AND PLANES CARRYING SPRAY.
THE SKIES OVER SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS HAVE BEEN BUSY,
THE SPRING, FIGHTING MOSQUITOES
AND THE DISEASES THEY CARRY.
IT HAS BEEN SO PAINFUL.
REPORTER:KIMBERLY KING, OF
HAMPTON, LEARNED HOW DANGEROUS
MOSQUITOES CAN BE.
YEARS AGO, HER DAUGHTER WAS
INFECTED WITH THE TRIPLE E.
ONE DAY SHE WAS OUTSIDE
PLAYING, PERFECTLY FINE LIKE A
5-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS.
AND EIGHT DAYS LATER SHE WAS
DEAD.
REPORTER:THIS YEAR, SHE
WORRIES HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN
COULD BE AT RISK.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND 30 Y
EARS, HUNDREDS OF ACRES, NEAR
HER HOME ARE NOT BEING TREATED.
IT IS FRUSTRATING.
IT MAKES ME MAD.
REPORTER:THE DECISION WAS
MADE BY MASS, AND ON -- A
NONPROFIT LAND ORGANIZATION.
REQUESTED THOUSANDS OF ACRES BE
EXEMPT FROM SPRAY.
THAT INCLUDES THE 900 ACRES AND
SWAMP.
I DO NOT THINK WE SPRAY
ENOUGH.
REPORTER: HE WATCHED A LOCAL
WOMAN SUFFER FOR THREE YEARS
WITH THE TRIPLE E BEFORE TOOK
HER LIFE.
HE IS CALLING FOR THE STATE TO
STEP IN.
I THINK IT IS UNFAIR THAT WE
ALLOW THESE PEOPLE THAT
DISCRETION.
REPORTER:STATE
REPRESENTATIVE, ANGELO, RAISED
THE SAME CONCERNS AT A RECENT
PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS A PRETTY HUGE ASK
REPORTER:THE I-TEAM FOUND, IN
TOTAL, MASS AUDUBON OWNS A
35,000 ACRES OF LAND IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
MOST OF WHICH WILL NOT BE
TREATED.
THERE ARE OTHER LANDHOLDERS WHO
ALSO GENERALLY FORBID SPRAY.
LIKE TRUSTEES OF THE
RESERVATION, WHICH CONTROLS
25,000 ACRES.
AS ORGANIZATIONS REFUSE TO
SPEAK TO US, ON CAMERA, OR
ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
THEIR WEBSITES RAISE SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
SPRAYING ON BEES, AND OTHER
WILDLIFE.
AUDUBON AND TRUSTEES OF THE
RESERVATION DO ALLOW SPRAYING
IF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH DETERMINES THAT
THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF
WEST NILE AND TRIPOLI.
THERE ARE VALID REASONS FOR
CERTAIN PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO
HAVE NO SPRAY REQUEST.
AS LONG AS THE MAJORITY OF THE
LAND, ARE STILL ABLE TO CONDUCT
MOSQUITO CONTROL, IT HAS BEEN
EFFECTIVE.
REPORTER:THAT IS THE A
CONCERN, IN LAKEVILLE, WERE A
HUGE SWATH OF THE TOWN WILL BE
A PROTECTED.
I AGREE WITH THE NATURAL
ORDER OF THINGS.
BUT, I THINK HUMAN LIFE IS MORE
IMPORTANT.
REPORTER: KIMBERLY KING
AGREES.
I RELIVE HER DEATH EVERY
DAY.
THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO CRY OUT.
PUBLIC HEALTH FIRST.
REPORTER:2012 WAS THE LAST
TIME THE MASSACHUSETTS EPA
ISSUED AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION
TO REQUIRE SPRAYING BECAUSE OF
HEALTH CONCERNS.
IN THE MEANTIME, BOTH OF THE IN
MY -- ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS