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Genetically engineered Aedes aegypti
After extensive evaluation of the best available science and public input, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to Oxitec Ltd to field test the use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as a way to reduce mosquito populations to protect public health from mosquito-borne illnesses. The EPA claimed […]
International Pest Control – May/June 2020 – Vol 62, Nr3
In the middle of any crisis many people reach for a cup of tea. And while we were all locked down the FAO marked the first International Tea Day – virtually. Tea is a product used by millions and its production touches many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals including the fight against extreme poverty, […]
Company Profile…NEWPHARM® : responds to the coronavirus crisis
NEWPHARM®, a company specialising in developing solutions for the control of pests and pathogenic microorganisms, was founded in 1982, by Dr Dionisio Bagarollo. Since then the company’s growth has been rapid and forward-looking thanks to the input of Dr Bagarollo’s daughter Claudia and son Enrico. It has been forty years since NEWPHARM® first entered Italy’s […]
Zia Siddiqi – Technical Consultant
Zia Siddiqi, with 40-years’ experience in Urban, Industrial, and Public Pest Management having worked in various countries is serving as a Senior Subject Matter Expert at ServDay Software System, and NEHA’s Technical Advisor for the Vector Control/Zoonotic Diseases section. He belongs to several scientific and industrial organizations and has been the past Director of Entomological […]
Dini Miller – Technical Consultant
Dini M. Miller, is a Professor at the Virginia Tech, and the Urban Pest Management Specialist for the state of Virginia. An internationally recognised expert in the area of urban pest management, particularly German cockroach and bed bug biology, behaviour and control. She has produced several bed bug action plans and published one of the […]
Partho Dhang – Technical Consultant
Partho Dhang, earned his Ph.D. from university of Madras in India. He is a zoologist, entomologist consultant, author and entrepreneur. He is a prolific writer in scientific world and also a regular speaker in international conferences around the world. He has written and edited four books with CABI. He also serves as an adjudicator for […]
Fabio Castello – Technical Consultant
Fabio Castello, a biologist who now trains managers in pest control strategies and integrated pest management as applied to vector control programs including dengue, Zika, chikungunya, Mayaro, filariasis, West Nile virus, malaria, leptospirosis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and onchocerciasis. Over 14 years of experience in running and managing a private pest control business and three […]
Jackie Wales – Assistant Editor
Jackie Wales, after studying Environmental Biology at York and Applied Entomology at Imperial College Jackie began her career as a London borough technical officer, getting involved in contaminated land investigation before spending nearly 20 years as an environmental consultant rising to project team manager, developing proof-reading and sub-editing skills along the way. She has undertaken […]
