New York City is now reporting nearly 100 suspected cases of St. Louis encephalitis. Three confirmed deaths have already been reported. And the entire city is being sprayed with the pesticide malathion.

One might expect that local environmentalists are up in arms — protesting the “poisons” being spewed in the air, water and land, and claiming related epidemics of cancer, birth defects and behavioral aberrations. But for the most part, no such protests are underway. The “man on the street” interviews that are airing on local radio and television actually suggest that New Yorkers are welcoming the spraying of malathion.

Contrast this situation to that in California in 1981. A Mediterranean fruitfly (“medfly”) infestation gripped California and threatened that state’s bountiful agricultural production. State scientists and the agricultural community recognized that it was essential to spray malathion to protect the crops from the devastating medfly. After all, malathion had been well established as one of the safest pesticides approved for use. It is virtually non-toxic to humans and has not been found to be carcinogenic.

But then-Governor Jerry Brown, influenced by a group of anti-pesticide environmentalists, refused to approve the spraying. He cited an out-of-date, and since discredited, study from Stanford, which suggested that malathion might pose a risk of genetic damage. Utilizing stalling tactics and spurring fear of malathion, Governor Brown and the band of activists who had his ear, succeeded in needlessly frightening millions of Californians. This unfound fear cost the state roughly $l00 million in lost produce and other farmed products, and provided the Japanese with a convenient excuse to embargo California fruit.

The 1981 California debacle provided a classic example of junk-science in action. As a proponent of the “organic” way of life, Brown based his objections to spraying malathion on what he felt was American’s increasing “addiction” to polluting pesticides and chemicals. The California Department of Health Sciences finally advised the Governor that the pesticide was safe — and that it was urgent that it be sprayed immediately. Brown continued to refuse to approve the measure, even ultimately suggesting that malathion could cause cancer. It was only after a number of states and Japan embargoed California fruit that the governor finally relented and allowed aerial spraying. But by then it was too late, millions of dollars in damage had already been done.

Fortunately, in New York, cooler heads are prevailing, and the life-saving potential for prudent, regulated use of pesticides is being recognized and implemented. Why the difference between the 1981 California attitude toward malathion, and the 1999 New York City attitude? New Yorkers have finally become skeptical of the strident claims of self-appointed advocates who abandon science and rely on fear and emotion to advance their agendas. Perhaps New Yorkers are wisely choosing to put fears about hypothetical risks aside when the real and immediate risk of deadly encephalitis stares them in the face.

New York City’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Neil L. Cohen has reassured New Yorkers that, “The pesticide being sprayed poses virtually no risk to humans or pets.”

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