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Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John #49288 04/04/2015 04:45 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,545 Here and There rita_irvine OP Traveler
OP rita_irvine Traveler Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,545 Here and There	http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/04/us/virgin-islands-resort-pesticide/index.html Rita It is better to be happy than it is to be right

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Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John rita_irvine #49289 04/05/2015 10:59 AM
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 5,861 Bradenton, FL Winterstale Traveler
Winterstale Traveler Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 5,861 Bradenton, FL	<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" /> Holy wow!

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John Winterstale #49290 04/05/2015 11:22 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,603 Likes: 38 Central Florida!	Yes, what an awful story. Carol Hill

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John Carol_Hill #49291 04/05/2015 12:17 PM
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,493 VIRGINIA B BEERMAN Traveler
BEERMAN Traveler B Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,493 VIRGINIA	I saw the story on the national news this morning, tragic.

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John BEERMAN #49292 04/05/2015 01:25 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,696 Likes: 1 L LBI2SXM Traveler
LBI2SXM Traveler L Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,696 Likes: 1	How tragic!! Prayers for recovery.

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John LBI2SXM #49293 04/05/2015 05:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,003 S sail445 Traveler
sail445 Traveler S Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,003	It's also on Fox where they state that an apartment below was fumigated and it should have been tented

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John sail445 #49294 04/06/2015 09:35 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,974 St. John, USVI RickG Traveler
RickG Traveler Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,974 St. John, USVI	When we were on St. John last week our on island friends didn't have much to more to say about the poisoning. They hadn't heard of any other cases and it seemed isolated. Terminix has been identified as the culprit. St. John Solutions was mentioned as a better low-impact holistic pest control company. Cheers, RickG

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John RickG #49295 04/06/2015 10:21 AM
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 5,861 Bradenton, FL Winterstale Traveler
Winterstale Traveler Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 5,861 Bradenton, FL	Story was on GMA this morning as well.

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John Winterstale #49296 04/06/2015 04:28 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,545 Here and There rita_irvine OP Traveler
OP rita_irvine Traveler Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,545 Here and There	Update on this topic http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/06/us/virgin-islands-resort-pesticide/index.html Rita It is better to be happy than it is to be right

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John rita_irvine #49297 04/06/2015 07:42 PM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 39 K kunphuzn Traveler
kunphuzn Traveler K Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 39	God speed they fully recover then God speed in negotiating free vacays for life from the apt owner/mgr below and Terminix.

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John kunphuzn #49298 04/09/2015 09:57 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,925 Milton, MA JudyG Traveler
JudyG Traveler Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,925 Milton, MA	Don't think they'd ever go back! Note that this pesticide is used in US strawberry fields...another reason to eat organic.

Re: Possible Pesticide Poisoning on St John kunphuzn #49299 04/11/2015 01:22 AM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 414 Memphis, TN beerMe Traveler
beerMe Traveler Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 414 Memphis, TN	Thanks for the update Rita! Life involves risks, take some prudent ones (NOT with the BVI ferries)!

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