Active ingredients in aerial spray nearly killed my dog

---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Joseph Kosek <1joseph.kosek@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 11:28 AMSubject: Active ingredients in aerial sprayTo: <info@cmcd.org>Cc: Cheryl Kosek <cwingkosek@aol.com>

Can you please provide us with 2 things.

1.The dates applications that were made from end of January 2025 thru mid-March over TwinEagles , specifically Carradale Court 34120.

2.A list of the active ingredients in the airborne treatment.

 I realize you have a list of chemicals on your website, but the list is all inclusive and it is not sorted by application type.

We need to search for an antidote and first need to determine the culprit causing a rash and reaction. This has occurred in Ohio when we once used a mosquito control product so we know it's a real problem. 

We are gone for season and the reaction issue is clearing up.   But we will need this information for the future. 

Thank you. 

My cell number is 216 337 6676 if you have questions that you would prefer to discuss by phone instead of email. 

From: Jonathon Little <JLittle@cmcd.org>Date: Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 12:44 PMSubject: RE: Active ingredients in aerial sprayTo: Joseph Kosek <1joseph.kosek@gmail.com>Cc: cwingkosek@aol.com <cwingkosek@aol.com>

Joseph,

Thanks for reaching out. There have been no treatments in Twin Eagles so far this year. It appears the last one took place on October 17, 2024. There was a treatment on February 11, 2025 in west Golden Gate Estates that the airplane may have flown over your home during, but the treatment system is GPS activated and only turned on when in the target area. Twin Eagles and your street are about a quarter mile away from the edge of this treatment but were not included in the treatment. The material used for this treatment was Dibrom.

If you visit www.cmcd.org/map you can search by date and location. You can also click on a specific treatment to view the details of what material was used.

If you aren’t already signed up, you can also receive treatment notifications via text, call or email. You will be notified before any treatments in your area, including information about the material being used.

https://cmcd.org/treatment-notifications/

I’m also providing some information about our treatment methods. When treating via helicopter or airplane, the material dispersed using a method know as ultra-low volume. Only less than an ounce of material is used per acre of land and is designed to treat for mosquitoes in the air at the time of treatment. The treatment materials are smaller than the width of a human hair when applied and very little, if any, of the material ever reaches the ground level.

https://cmcd.org/science/treatments/adult-control/

I’d also recommend talking to a doctor if you expect medical issues due to pesticide exposure, as they can test for this type of thing. There are many potential causes for rashes that I can’t speak to, but I can tell you that we have not treated your area in the timeframe you asked about.

Please let me know if you have any other questions and we are happy to help you.

 Jon

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Jonathon Little, MBA

Director of Communications

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM Joseph Kosek <1joseph.kosek@gmail.com> to mosquitobrigade@gmail.com wrote:

I would have to research the active ingredient that caused this but one of the chemicals in the sprays they hit with their drones makes my dog very sick. 65lb male Australian Shepherd.  We know this to be true because we caused it using a spray before an outdoor party in our northern home. We have since used a natural oil spray. He exhibited the exact same symptoms last winter and when I contacted the county, I was given a list of the ingredients, chemicals they use. The ingredients that made him ill that they sprayed with matched those in our store-bought purchase.

This past winter It was 2 weeks of steroids and sickness for our poor guy. Thanks for your hard work. They need to stop. 

from:	Joseph Kosek <1joseph.kosek@gmail.com>
to:	Mosquito Brigade <mosquitobrigade@gmail.com>
date:	Oct 29, 2025, 9:24 AM
subject:	Re: Active ingredients in aerial spray

If you follow the money, the people who pay for the studies often have a vested interest in getting the answer they want from the "safe result" found by the study. 

I trust everyone who makes these decisions at the top in Collier have good intentions.  But I watched firsthand the symptoms were identical for our dog who is otherwise healthy both as an individual and as a breed. Australian Shepherds are a breed known for good health. It was simply an allergic reaction. After some expensive steroids and a few weeks of misery, losing fur, blood shot blue eyes, redness in his nose, lethargy, he recovered. 

 Unfortunately, steroids take their toll, and he may not survive another round of steroids as a 10-year-old if it happens again. 

Thanks for pressing this issue.