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02/17/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

RAT POISON USE has resulted in new “super rodent” rats that are immune to chemical poisons

No one wants to have rats in their home, but it turns out that using rat poison to deal with the pests could ultimately have the opposite effect. British households are being warned that rats are growing resistant to poison because of a genetic mutation known as L120Q. This mutation essentially renders the poison ineffective, […]

12/14/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Chemicals causing malaria outbreaks across Africa as mosquitoes grow increasingly resistant to insecticides

Though it might seem like a rare, foreign disease to many Americans, nearly half of the entire world’s population is at risk of contracting malaria, a serious and sometimes fatal parasitic disease spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. Symptoms vary, and can include less acute conditions like fever, nausea, vomiting and general weakness, or serious, life-threatening symptoms […]

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