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Salt Lake City planning aerial assault by an Air Force C-130 on mosquitoes near the Great Salt Lake

Pest-control officials see free use of the C-130 as a way to rein in the insects and save money, but environmentalists warn of health dangers from the spraying.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mosquitoes at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District's facility on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.