EPA Fact Sheets on Mosquito Control

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This article was published originally on 6/16/2000

Byline:

by Donald Lewis, Department of Entomology

The US EPA has released five new consumer fact sheets about mosquito control insecticides. Topics covered include mosquito prevention techniques, the risks and benefits of pesticides used in mosquito control, and EPA's role in supporting state and local mosquito control programs.

The mosquito control fact sheets are:

Questions and Answers: Pesticides and Mosquito Control
For Your Information: Larvicides for Mosquito Control
For Your Information: Synthetic Pyrethroids for Mosquito Control
For Your Information: Naled for Mosquito Control
For Your Information: Malathion for Mosquito Control

All documents are now available on EPA's web site .

This article originally appeared in the June 16, 2000 issue, p. 73.

Year of Publication:

2000

Issue:

IC-484(14) -- June 16, 2000

by Donald Lewis, Department of Entomology