Sunday, June 05, 2016

How to Mosquito-Proof

How to Mosquito-Proof Your Yard

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Getty Images, Illustration by Marisa Gertz for TIME

Here's the lowdown on how to turn your home into an anti-mosquito fortress. It’s mosquito season, and this year, people in the United States are extra skittish amid news that theZika virus is rapidly spreading through the Americas. Not to mention the other mosquito-borne diseases to worry about. On Tuesday the Texas Department of State Health Services announced a locally transmitted case of the debilitating disease chikungunya, and West Nile Virus remains a problem in many states. For advice, we spoke to Joseph Conlon, a technical advisor at the American Mosquito Control Association, about the best ways to mosquito-proof your home./.../


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