Tag: mosquito
International Pest Control – January/February 2026 – Vol 68, Nr.1
As if chemical pesticides are not under enough pressure, a team led by the University of Cambridge tested the effect of 1,076 chemical food contaminants including herbicides and insecticides on 22 species of gut bacteria. 168 were found to be toxic and the data is now being used to predict if industrial chemicals will be […]
International Pest Control – November/December 2025 – Vol 67, Nr.6
The vectors of multiple diseases including dengue, chikungunya and Zika, posing a public health risk to populations, have now been detected in Southern England, another benefit of global warming: “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls…” And global food systems will need a major overhaul if we are to mitigate climate change, stop […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2025 – Vol 67, Nr.4
It’s great to start an issue with good news – the approval of the first malaria medicine for newborns and young infants. It is astonishing to think that until now – 2025 – the protection of this vulnerable group has depended on formulations intended for older children (not without risk) and control of the vector: […]
VERV programme – questions for the EPA
This is the second article in a two-part series regarding the intertwined problems of growing insecticide resistance and the lack of investment in novel public health use insecticides (Part I can be found in the November/December 2023 issue of IPC). A new US incentive programme aims to mitigate these problems. Reading the US Environmental Protection […]
International Pest Control – September/October 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.5
It doesn’t seem that long ago that the UN member states established the Sustainable Development Goals, although why they chose to number them and always present them in that order is beyond me. Next year will be the tenth anniversary of that event and no-doubt there will be a summit involving lots of people travelling […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.4
Back on track this issue… the Special Feature section returns and there is no shortage of articles about Biting Insects. We may now have a malaria vaccine that is over 70% effective in children (do watch the BBC Horizon documentary “The Battle to Beat Malaria” if you haven’t already – but only after you’ve read […]
International Pest Control – March/April 2022 – Vol 64, Nr.2
Even if you live far from the war in Europe the implications for the cost of basic foods and products needed by agriculture will reach you. While European countries struggle to cope with millions of refugees – an issue already familiar to many other countries around the world – there is also the real concern […]
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 […]
