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WASHINGTON, D.C., CLOSES AT LEAST TWO GREEN LINE METRO STATIONS AS DEAD BIRDS ARE FOUND

Rest of title...AFTER REPORT OF MAN SPRAYING SUBSTANCE


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Hazmat Scare Closes D.C. Metro Stations
Several Dead Birds Found After Man Reported Spraying Substance WASHINGTON, July 29, 2007
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Two Metro stations are closed while hazmat crews and officials investigate several dead birds and a strange substance at those stations.

Cathy Asato is a Metro spokeswoman. She says the Greenbelt and Takoma stations are closed while authorities investigate. She says the Greenbelt station had as many as 20 dead birds outside, and the others had one to three each.

The first report came from Naylor Road just after noon today. Alan Etter with the D.C. fire department says officials are looking for a person in a black pickup truck who witnesses saw spraying the substance.

He says authorities from several jurisdictions are on the scene checking things out. He says a similar incident took place several years ago with rat poison, so the authorities are investigating that possibility.

I think that next line is important. We don't want to scare people with the bird flu or anything like that do we?

Hopefully, some shopowners complained about bird droppings and they were spraying something to control the population. Don't know that that is legal, though. I would think not.

Red line. Always know of their vulnerability, but it's never been an issue worth bothering with for the Bush Administration.

that what it sounds like at this point.

http://www.nbc4.com/news/13777174/detail.html?dl=mainclick

that anyone can get off the internet and use--I hope that the cops start questioning the people owning property near the bus stop first--bet they or someone they hired were tired of the birds and used spray to kill them. Note: as a PMP, we don't use toxic sprays to get rid of birds-in most states it is illegal. We use traps, noise machines, and spikes to discourage birds. Don't recall ever seeing a poison marketed to the pest control industry for killing birds, and I've been reading the trade magazines for over 5 years. What the industry IS up in arms about is the easy availability over the internet of controlled chemicals. Anyone can buy them and innocently misuse them because they don't have the proper equipment and don't read the labels.