Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mutant Mosquitoes Not Repelled by DEET

Mutant Mosquitoes Not Repelled by DEET: "The popular bug-repelling chemical has lost its power against some disease-carrying mosquitoes, a new study says. But experts caution it's not time to panic just yet. "
Posted by nhs2008 at 6:15 AM

1 comments:

  1. Alyssa CollicuttMay 16, 2010 09:13 PM
    Mosquitos are always such a bother for everyone during the summer months, if there were to ever be a time when all generations of mosquitos were immune from DEET or any other kind of repellent then I think there would be a major outbreak of some kind of new disease or illness. With the cross contamination that a mosquito could carry who knows what kind of blood diseases could be transferred unknowingly. I don't think that it could be possible though because of the amount of mosquitos there really are in a given generation. there would be too many that would have to be cross-bred.
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