Posts Tagged ‘Mosquito Control’
What If We Just Killed All Mosquitoes?
Mosquitoes are the most dangerous creatures on the earth. They kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, which is more than any other animal on the planet, although I am sure that they are rivaled by humans. With the advent of Zika, there are many people shrugging and asking about what would happen if…
Read MorePublic Outcry For Olympic Games to Be Postponed or Relocated Because of Zika Virus
People are finally rethinking the whether it is wise to continue with the plan to hold the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Zika virus is still in full epidemic mode, continuing to spread across the globe. Brazil has been the country to suffer the most, and Rio de Janeiro is still the…
Read MoreCongress Battles It Out Over Zika Virus Finding After First Death
Congress Battles It Out Over Zika Virus Finding After First Death The Democrats and Republicans are currently in a serious fight over the $1.9 billion in funds President Obama requested to aid in the fight against the Zika virus. Republicans have been doing everything they can to block the bill from being passed since it…
Read MoreBattling Mosquitos with the Diseases they give us
Battling Mosquitos with the Diseases they give us When it comes to population control and elimination of mosquitos the last thing you might ever expect is to release more of these beasts than there already are in the United States. But that is precisely the proposal given by a number of scientific groups as a…
Read MoreMosquitoes Only Need a Smidge of Water | Texas Mosquito Control
Mosquitoes Only Need a Smidge of Water How can mosquitoes breed in such great numbers with barely any water? Well, turns out they really only need half an inch of water, and that’s not much on a human scale. Twenty five hundred species of mosquitoes have been identified around the world. They prefer to lay…
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