ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities are calling for a safer alternative to fighting Mediterranean fruit flies than a pesticide believed to have sickened as many as 123 people in Florida. People in the Tampa Bay and Orlando areas reported a range of health problems after helicopters and planes sprayed their neighborhoods with the pesticide malathion last spring and summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. In one case, a woman with asthma who was exposed to malathion suffered nausea, diarrhea, coughing, wheezing and fatigue when she was exposed to the chemical. Malathion is used to kill a host of agricultural pests, including mosquitoes. It was sprayed over New York City after a summer encephalitis outbreak.

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