After the bill's passing, former President Bill Clinton said, "If a pesticide poses a danger to our children, then it won't be in our food".

One concern about spraying to eradicate mosquitoes is the hazards pesticides can pose to other organisms.

He said the pesticide broke down very rapidly and posed no threat to birds or other wildlife.

However, his basic argument, that pesticides made by humans pose a lesser risk than those produced by nature is disingenuous.

But he insisted that the city's main concern was the risks pesticides could pose to people and the environment.

They concluded that the previous industry-sponsored studies were flawed and that the pesticide posed an unacceptably high risk to bees.

The agency is also planning a public campaign to warn New Yorkers about the dangers the pesticides pose.

I am absolutely certain that the hazards that pesticides pose to human health must be reduced.

Coupled with child labor, pesticides pose an even greater threat.

Health and environmental officials said the pesticides at Planting Fields posed no immediate health hazard to arboretum visitors or to the park's 25 full-time employees.