Just last week, a Legionnaire's disease outbreak panicked residents in Wantagh and Levittown.

 

In an effort to thwart potential diseases spread by rodents in Nassau County including hantavirus, leptospirosis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV), Tularemia and Salmonella, members of the Nassau Legislature Health Committee will unveil their amendment to the County Executive's budget, reestablishing the health department's role in exterminating rodents in the county.

 

Rat infestations in our communities, often originate from County owned sumps or storm water basins. The amendment introduced will add money that already exists in the budget to the budget of the Health Department to fund the implementation of a countywide rodent extermination program.