LAUREN: RESIDENT AND SCHOOL
LEADERS IN FREEPORT ARE WEIGHING
IN ON CONCERNS ABOUT SPRAYING
PESTICDES NEAR SCHOOLS IN
FREEPORT.
>> BROWN TELLS MAKE THOSE NEST
ON THE END OF THE RANCHES --
BRANCHES.
LAUREN: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS
TREE YOU MAY THINK THOSE ARE
DEAD LEAVES BUT TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK.
THAT'S BROWNTAIL MOTH NESTS.
>> THIS YEAR SEEMS TO BE AN
EXTREMELY BANNER YEAR FOR MOTHS.
LAUREN: SOMETHING RSU-5 SCHOOL
LEADERS IN FREEPORT ARE TRYING
TO GET RID OF BECAUSE THEY CAUSE
RASHES AND BREATHING PROBLEM.
SO THEY HIRED A COMPANY TO SPRAY
PESTICIDE.
>> THEY COME IN AND WE TARGET
SPRAY THE MOTH NEST WHICH ARE
PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE MOTH TREES
WHICH MAKES IT DIIFICULT TO CUT
OUT.
LAUREN: THE SCHOOL WAS PLANNING
ON USING THE PESTICIDE
CONSERVE, BUT AFTER LOTS OF
PUSHBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THEY
DECIDED TO USE AND TRUST
APPROVED FOR ORGANIC
AGRICULTURE.
CAITLIN SHETTERLY LIVES IN
FREEPORT AND IS WELL VERSED
ABOUT CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES.
SHE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT 
>> WELL I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A
PESTICIDE BEING SPRAYED ANYWHERE
LAUREN: SHE SAYS THE WORRY ABOUT
THE IMPACT THAT'LL HAVE IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> PESTICIDES ARE OFTEN DRIFT
AND THERE IS OFTEN COLATERAL
DAMAGE AND MANY PESTICIDES ARE
TOXIC TO OUR CHILDREN.
LAUREN: SHE SAYS THE LONG TERM
SIDE EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ARE
UKNOWN.
BUT SCHOOLS LEADERS SAY THEY
HAVE TO KEEP KIDS SAFE.
>> OUR KIDS ARE OUTSIDE A LOT
THIS TIME OF YEAR AND SO WE WANT
TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO TO
ENSURE THEIR SAFETY ON THE
PLAYGROUND.
