UN TESTS NON-CHEMICAL METHODS OF FIGHTING MALARIA
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WIDE range of non-chemical methods of fighting malaria will be tested by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and 40 countries in Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and central Asia. These tactics include eliminating potential mosquito breeding sites; securing homes with mesh screens; growing mosquito-repellent trees; and breeding fish that eat mosquito larvae. These new projects follow a successful demonstration of alternatives to the toxic insecticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) in Mexico and ...
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