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Tick Season Renews Controversy Over Long-Term Treatments For Lyme Disease

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An exterminator for Premier Tick and Mosquito Control in Hampton Bays, Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, prepares to demonstrate how he sprays lawns. CAROL MORAN

An exterminator for Premier Tick and Mosquito Control in Hampton Bays, Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, prepares to demonstrate how he sprays lawns. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, of Premier Tick and Mosquito Control, demonstrates how he sprays lawns with a chemical to exterminate insects in Hampton Bays. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, of Premier Tick and Mosquito Control, demonstrates how he sprays lawns with a chemical to exterminate insects in Hampton Bays. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, sprays a law in Hampton Bays to demonstrate the tick and mosquito extermination process. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, sprays a law in Hampton Bays to demonstrate the tick and mosquito extermination process. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, of Premier Tick and Mosquito Control, demonstrates the process of spraying a lawn to exterminate ticks and other insects. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, of Premier Tick and Mosquito Control, demonstrates the process of spraying a lawn to exterminate ticks and other insects. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, of Premier Tick and Mosquito Control, demonstrates the process of spraying a lawn to exterminate ticks and other insects. CAROL MORAN

Jeff Bieniewicz, 25, of Premier Tick and Mosquito Control, demonstrates the process of spraying a lawn to exterminate ticks and other insects. CAROL MORAN

authorCarol Moran on Jun 6, 2012
When Brian Kelly, the owner of East End Tick Control in Southampton, routinely dragged a white sheet across a property in North Haven this spring and flipped it over, he... more

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