Mosquito Birth Control May Prove More Environmentally Friendly Than Insecticides
(Inside Science) -- Scientists searching for environmentally friendly ways to fight the menace of mosquitoes may want to consider a new type of pesticide, according to a new study. Mosquitoes are more than an annoyance at summer picnics -- the World Health Organization has estimated the insects kill several million people each year by transmitting diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
A common way to fight mosquito-borne illnesses in places where there can be high rates of transmissi
