Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Salt-based mosquito-control products are ineffective, study shows


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/esoa-smp101320.php

News Release 20-Oct-2020
Entomological Society of America

A new study by a bevy of expert mosquito researchers offers an important warning to consumers: Products claiming to reduce mosquito populations with salt-water solutions are simply ineffective.

In a series of lab tests conducted in five locations using nine species of mosquito, researchers found no evidence that adult mosquitoes are killed by salt ingested at concentrations used in several popular mosquito-control products. The findings are presented in a new publication released today in the Journal of Medical Entomology.


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