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Several Countries Still Spraying Planes

Associated Press

Airline passengers should be told if the country they are traveling to requires the spraying of insecticides while they are aboard the aircraft, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena said Thursday.

Pena asked foreign governments to reconsider the spraying requirements last March, and Mexico, Jamaica, El Salvador, Chile, Cape Verde, St. Lucia and Belize have dropped or plan to drop the practice.

But more than a dozen countries still mandate the spraying, and Pena said passengers should be informed before they make travel plans.