Short version: be sure trash and recycling lids cover containers and aren’t lying on the ground!
West Chester Borough ordinances require waterproof lids on trashcans:
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Non-toxic methods
The Shaker Heights plan
Shaker Heights, Ohio, initiated a successful mosquito control program in 2002. They outlined a plan with 6 levels of response, with the highest being the type of health crisis that suggests that pesticide spraying is necessary. Their Health Director, Sandi Hurley, reported to Don’tsprayme in June of 2016 that, during the 14 years that these guidelines have been in place, Shaker Heights has had no serious cases of West Nile virus and no health emergency that required spraying. Continue reading
Mosquitoes, meet your maker. A DIY trap kills thousands of the biting bugs
[Please let us know if you try this non-toxic mosquito elimination method… and give thanks we don’t have the biting population New Orleans does!] By Susan Langenhennig, The Times-Picayune, May 27, 2014
If you’re waging war on mosquitoes, don’t waste your money on a bug zapper. They aren’t much of a solution. You’re more likely to catch moths than mosquitoes in the buzzing devices, and, as the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board says, “bug zappers do more harm than good.” Continue reading
Low-Tech Trap Might Help Fight Zika Virus Outbreaks, CDC says
by Maggie Fox, NBC News, 5/11/16
A low-tech mosquito trap might help control the mosquitoes that spread Zika virus, as well as other viruses such as dengue and chikungunya, government researchers said Tuesday. Continue reading
Avoid spraying, prevent mosquito reproduction
By Nathaniel Smith, Columnist, The Times of Chester County, March 28, 2016
If they can’t breed, you don’t need to worry about using pesticides
I recently noticed a newspaper article that is very misleading about the costs and benefits of spraying to control mosquitoes.
The story was much too casual about the use of toxic chemicals in residential properties. Continue reading
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