The fight against mosquitoes heads to a Miami federal courtroom today.
Judge Federico Moreno will hear the emergency injunction filed by two concerned Miami Beach residents.
With the Zika emergency over, Dr. Michael Hall wants to stop Miami-Dade County from spraying the controversial insecticide naled to target nuisance blood suckers.
He says, "We would like a restraining order placed immediately (Wednesday) that would be our first step to stop naled. And then the second step would be the court to look at our evidence and gather all the information and all personal testimony and hopefully put enough pressure on the industry and on regulators to stop this in our area. And hopefully nationally that would be our goal."
From the courts to the court of public opinion and South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard who notes, "I've heard back from my own residents about the use of naled for salt marsh mosquito control. And it runs about ten to one against."
Cindy Mattson, who filed the injunction with Hall, got sick when her Miami Beach home was hit with naled during last year's Zika crisis.
She remembers having trouble breathing and suffering nose bleeds, something she hadn't had since childhood. She also had to increase her son's ADHD medication because he suffered spikes.
Mattson says, "We don't have an emergency. Let's regroup. Let's look at alternatives, and try to work together to fight this horrible virus, but also at the same time protect our citizens."
While future plans are to test alternatives, "We want to shift away from spraying, but right now there's nothing that really can control the mosquito population like the spraying," Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez stresses they'll continue to follow state and federal government guidelines while using naled.