Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever
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The Rise and Fall of the Anti-Mosquito Campaigns
There was a lot of, you know, let's kill all the mosquitoes. But there were dissenting voices early on. People who worked directly in the mosquito control business were suspicious that these poisonous gases were also toxic to fish and birds. Others saw right through some of the efforts as a money-making scheme for real estate developers. Because there was more money to be made in complete mosquito eradication than in an ecologically balanced approach, these dissenting voices were drowned out.
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