New York spent more than $32 million in 2000 on the effort, which included spraying insecticides.

Last year, state officials recommended spraying insecticide wherever the disease was detected.

The city continued its mosquito control efforts yesterday, spraying insecticide throughout Central Park during the early morning hours.

Some homeowners actually add to indoor air pollution when they try to control biological contaminants by spraying insecticides.

Can I use it everywhere I would have sprayed regular insecticides?

And recent research has studied methods to make such "hot spots" safer, including spraying insecticides on lawns at the start of Lyme season.

Thai provincial health authorities provided insect control by draining stagnant water and spraying insecticides.

"The politicians have promoted hysteria," he said, quickly adding that the city should have been more aggressive in spraying insecticide right away.

At the prime minister's residence, teams of city workers armed with fumigators inched through the gardens spraying insecticide.

He said he was seeking a worldwide campaign warning of the perils to the health of passengers and crew members from spraying insecticide.