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Warmer, wetter weather could make mosquitoes a bigger public health threat. Some are worried efforts to control them in Allegheny County could have consequences.

See a list of new grade configurations and PPS school closures proposed in each region after a sweeping facilities plan was presented to the school board Tuesday.

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Allegheny County ramps up mosquito control. Could it harm local ecosystems?

As of Wednesday, the county is ranked No. 3 for West Nile virus activity in the state, behind York and Philadelphia counties.

But municipal mosquito spraying is controversial — especially among conservation advocates who worry about the effects of broad-spectrum insecticides, which can kill a wide range of insects, on local ecosystems.

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