Mosquitoes…Have to beat them, should you DEET them?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now It comes up every summer, that pesty green quandary: Should you use strong chemicals like DEET to fend off the mosquitoes and ticks that can transmit the insidious...
View ArticleWhat’s the buzz? More natural mosquito repellents hitting the market
Photo: CDC Public Health Image Library Female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads dengue By Melissa Segrest Green Right Now Ahh, the sounds of summer. Birds chirping, food sizzling on the grill, the...
View ArticleNASA space photos capture global warming’s dramatic impact
Global warming skeptics have had a field day lampooning irregularities in data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — arguing that climate change is essentially a hoax. But dramatic...
View ArticleNatural and necessary ways to keep West Nile virus at bay
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Mosquito-borne West Nile virus has spiked this summer, causing more serious illnesses than any year since 2004 — a total of 390 confirmed and presumed cases as of...
View ArticleHow to protect yourself from West Nile Virus
From Green Right Now Reports West Nile Virus has caused more sickness and death this year than any other season since the disease emerged in the U.S. a decade ago, according to the Centers for Disease...
View ArticleNatural ways to reduce mosquitoes in your yard
From Green Right Now Reports With the U.S. in the grip of possibly the worst outbreak of West Nile Virus ever, people need to do all they can to avoid getting bitten by the Culex mosquito that carries...
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By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Mosquito season generally runs heaviest from June to August, but tell that to the mosquito that bit you last night while you were trimming the first May-blooming...
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