20-06-2018 21:40 via vtdigger.org

Environmental groups fight mosquito spraying permit

A child scratches a mosquito bite near the Long Trail in Vermont. File photo by Jess Wisloski/VTDigger
Two environmental groups have joined forces to fight the spraying of mosquito-killing pesticides in parts of Addison and Rutland counties.
The Toxics Action Center, an advocacy group, and the Environment and Natural Resources Clinic at Vermont Law School, have appealed the granting of a permit to spray in towns straddling the two counties on the western edge of the Green Mountain National Fores
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