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Tami - Mount Vernon VA
Tami – Mount Vernon, VA
Tami called Beyond Pesticides on 1.22.24 asking for tools and strategies to stop neighbors from
mosquito and lawn spraying - her whole pond is now dead from all life that was in it including frogs and
insects and her golden retriever now has brain cancer. She was looking for a social media template she
can use to promote not spraying to her contacts and neighborhood. Tami also works at a nearby doing environmental work.
Neighbors were initially ok to not do spraying programs for their property until their young
daughter was bitten by mosquitos several times and they worried about mosquito-carrying diseases.
Tami now covers her plants and areas with tarps when her neighbors let her know when they are
spraying. But, she wants to also organize with activists in her area to make Virginia a state that
requires notification and asked for ideas or a template from us that she can share on social media to
get others to forward in order to promote awareness about pesticides harms. - We were able to send Tami several social media options along with other organizing resources - brochures - and some of our free door hangers.
• See Tami’s detailed pesticide incident report here
Here are some of the social media post images created from Tami and another supporter in her community
Beyond Pesticides often provides calls and requests like Tami's with some of the following:
• Our reminders to Document everything and to keep the incidents on file with their State Pesticide agencies.
• Our What To Do page as a checklist of items to keep in mind and how to approach neighbors
• Our Tools for Change page - which gives good tips and strategies when organizing in your community
• Our Safer Mosquito Management section of our site - which gives good information on the hazards and ineffectiveness of conventional mosquito spraying programs, as well as better alternatives and models.