Neat News 3305 (added 2025-04-08)
Rain water barrels without mosquitoes?
© Benoit Rochon [CC BY 3.0]
Collecting rain water is an environmentally sustainable way to use water and reduce storm water runoff. Unfortunately it is often linked with providing breeding places for mosquitoes. A study found now that just using a primitive device such as a mesh covering (or alternatively an insecticide) can reduce the potential health risks that are associated with the mosquitoes breeding in rain water barrels.
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