[OLPC-Oceania] [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Turn your frequency generator into a super powerful mosquito repeller

Chris Leonard cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 19:20:40 EDT 2011


On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
> So.... my verdict, so far, is.... there seems to be a possibility of
> reducing the number of mosquitos in an area with the right frequency but it
> will not eliminate them entirely. You will probably still be bitten.  Go for
> the nets! Low-tech, but a lot more effective!
> Caryl

More or less the same conclusion that international public health
professionals have arrived at, leading to the large-scale distribution
of insecticide-laced bed nets in malaria-endemic areas.

cjl


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