All posts tagged with mosquitoes
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-(Natural News) Mosquitoes are difficult to get rid of. You can use insect repellents, but commercially available ones are filled with chemicals that are harmful for your overall well-being. You can also try using essential oils which, when diffused into your room, can deter mosquitoes. Another way to keep mosquitoes far away from you is to […]
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-(Natural News) Being able to track the spread of disease outbreaks is an important step in keeping them under control. Now, a new “weapon” has entered the fray that can give public health officials and pest control companies alike a bird’s eye view of how these diseases are spreading — satellites. The National Aeronautics and […]
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-(Natural News) Researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) have found that a certain kind of naturally occurring fungus is capable of killing over 99 percent of mosquitoes in a simulated village setting. This study, published in the journal Science, had a research team describe their trial for a transgenic approach to combating malaria. By definition, transgenic is when genetic material is transplanted into […]
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-(Natural News) A thriving garden is the crowning glory of any homestead. However, this incredible achievement can be marred by the presence of pests like mosquitoes. Thankfully, you can keep your home garden mosquito-free by planting natural insect-repellent plants. (h/t to HomesteadSurvivalSite.com) What diseases do mosquitoes spread? Mosquitoes in general only live up to a week, […]
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-(Natural News) Just like we’ve long warned, the release of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) into the natural environment is having a catastrophic and irreversible impact on our planet. And a new study, in case you’re not convinced, serves as yet more proof. As a little background, you may recall some of our earlier coverage about a […]
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-(Natural News) New research out of Yale University has found that Franken-scientists in Brazil are directly responsible for unleashing a new variety of genetically-modified “super” mosquito that’s stronger, more robust, and thus more of a public health threat than natural mosquitoes. While Oxitec, the manufacturer of these transgenic mosquitoes, initially claimed that they would not […]
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-(Natural News) Remember the two-year experiment to release genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild to eradicate all the mosquitoes? For years, we were all lectured by scientists and GMO pushers who insisted that genetically modifying male mosquitoes to be infertile would cause the termination of nearly all offspring as females mated with the GMO males. […]
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-(Natural News) Female mosquitoes rely on sensory information to find their food source – human blood. They pick up on body odor, carbon dioxide, heat, moisture, and visual cues. A new study published in the journal Current Biology now discovered that a specific odor receptor in their antennae also serves as a detector of humans, […]
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-(Natural News) If you’re into green juice, consider adding papaya leaves to your recipes. If you’re not into juicing your greens, however, you might want to reconsider: Drinking papaya (Carica papaya) leaf juice was found to protect against the dreaded dengue virus. A team of researchers from the Ministry of Health in Malaysia conducted a study analyzing […]
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-(Natural News) Home gardening is a satisfying hobby. However, it comes with some minor annoyances, like garden pests that can damage your carefully cultivated crops. Thankfully, you can get rid of garden pests without using harmful pesticides that can cause negative side effects by growing plants that keep bugs away, like basil and peppermint. (h/t to AskAPrepper.com) […]
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