Mothball This Idea

I see that the proposed solution to an apparently natural outbreak of white-lined sphinx moths, which are “harmless to agriculture and wildlife,” is a mass poisoning in San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium.

Perhaps stadium Manager Bill Wilson could allay my apprehension about this chemical warfare by personally ingesting an equal body-weight percentage of this insecticide to that which will be ingested by the local birds.

Doubtless, trace amounts will inevitably end up in the bodies of sports fans at the stadium anyway.

RICHARD C. ASTER

La Jolla