SocraticGadfly: One BIG diff between 1993 and 2008 flooding; can science help?

June 27, 2008

One BIG diff between 1993 and 2008 flooding; can science help?

In 1993, we didn’t have West Nile disease in the upper and central Mississippi River valley. LiveScience talks about how scientific advances in the mosquito fight have also changed.

That includes selective mosquito sterilization, better repellents, more use of nature-based attacks on mosquitoes and more.

Read the whole story for details.

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