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9 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING JUNE 5, 1978 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, June 5, 1978 at 7:00 P.M. in Room G-15. Members present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chariman; James W. Lambie, Dr. Michael Erdos, and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. The minutes of the April 11, 1978 and May 1, 1978 meetings were approved as read. The letter and "Environmental Impact Statement" regarding mosquitoes MOSQUITO from Manfred Friedman was discussed by the Board. CONTROL Mr. Friedman has always opposed the mosquito control program believing that it provides no health benefits. At this time he feels that the in- secticide poisons put into the environment for mosquito control has caused a member of his family to have a cancer attack. There is no medical tests or exams to back-up this belief at this time. The Board after a short discussion felt that because the mosquito con- trol program did a minimum of spraying with insecticides they would talk to Mr. Friedman in the Fall before the new budget was discussed. SEWER The Board will meet with the Board of Selectmen at 9:15 p.m. to discuss MORATORIUM the sewer moratorium. Dr. Cosgrove said he felt that he would like to see the sewer moratorium continued until such time as the engineers came up with a plan that would assure him that there would be no sewage back-up into the homes. He also said he felt it would be up to the Selectmen to come up with proof that this moratorium is not necessary. Mr. Smith said the Selectmen could also take the moratorium off anytime. The Board discussed the moratorium and decided that they could not rec- ommend approval of lifting the moratorium until Public Works could dem- onstrate that there would be no health hazards caused by the backing up of raw sewage. They also thought a complete "I and I" study should be completed before the moratorium is lifted. Mr. Lambie said he felt that Public Works and the Selectmen's Office had not given the Board enough information regarding this "I & I" problem nor what they were planning to do to control the whole thing. He went on to say he felt that the "I & I" study was very important and that until we have all the information we could not evaluate the situation properly. He also said he would rather not see the moratorium lifted at this time. He said that with or without the moratorium the Board of Health should be kept informed of the action being taken by the Public Works Department and the Board of Selectmen. The Board said they wanted to see that the people in the disaster area did not have sewage backing up in their homes even if it meant pumping chlorinated sewage into the swamp. The Board said they would like some assurance that there would be no more sewage backing up into the homes, they also decided to wait and see what the Board of Selectmen had to say at their meeting tonight.