Fire Ants

Re “Fighting Fire Ants in Orange County Could Cost Millions,” Jan. 23: What do fire ants, killer bees and medflies all have in common? The Chicken Littles in the agriculture departments are using them as an excuse to spray pesticides on the populace.

I’m more afraid of the pesticides than the insects. If there is anything the medfly spraying taught us, it was that aerial spraying is not effective and is not “perfectly safe” to humans and costs the taxpayers a fortune.

RICHARD SIGLER

Los Angeles