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_2- YhE: ;�}cc_ii i<: :lcctronic bur, killer should be declared unncc(:.)bary unc(:r Sect. 17 -3 (g) of the code for the follow - inE reaUL: Mr, Jerry W. Heaps, Insect Pest Control Clinic, University of Minnesota, stated recently in the Minneapolis Tribune in response to a reader who was interested in purchasing an electronic bug killer that "Light -traps or similar attracting traps are not effec- tive in an outside situation for insect control. People who have cabins or houses near lakes, swamps or marshes can expect some nuisance problems such as mosquitoes, gnats and other insects that commonly breed in and around these areas. Light traps will attract and collect hundreds of insects, both good and .bad, as well as insects that normally would pass by. Many of these insects do not get caught in the'traps, but remain to cause problems. Traps don't catch wingless insects or day flying insects." The specific electronic bug killer should be declared unreasonable and annoying under Sect. 17 -3 (g) of the Code and should be declared a nuisance which can cause personal injury under Sect 17 -3 (v) for the following reasons: 1. On the night of May 26, 1980, we had about two hours of sleep at the most due to this bug killer. 2. We have been forced to close up our house during the evening and at night and endure fitful sleep and the costs of unnecessary air conditioning in order to reduce this stress on our lives. 3. The deck attached to our house and yard in general have .literally been abandoned in order to escape the highly irritating and stress inducing electrical discharges. 4. The September 1977 issue of"Horizon Matazine "contains an article entitled "Noise" by Mr. L.S. Burns. Mr. Burns states that "Noise has long been known to cause sleeplessness and irritability and now other studies are linking it to a wide range of mental and physical disturbance." 5. From the Congressional Record -- House, April 21, 1966, a quote by Dr. John Anthony Parr in his discussion on the physiological changes caused by noise: "This internal up- heaval if repeated again and again is exhausting physically and mentally and ultimately can cause a nervous breakdown, and than it is but a step to contracting one of the stress diseases." JUN g f::20 CiTYOF 25 \.ITTLE CANADA