Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits a number of serious diseases. American beachgoers are sprayed with DDT as a new machine for ...

Rachel Carson brought awareness to the harmful effects of pesticides including DDT when she published her book “Silent Spring ...

India, May 27 -- Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT), a first-generation synthetic pesticide, has long carried a dual identity - once celebrated for its role in controlling malaria vectors and ...

Public-health teams in 1950s Borneo focused on malaria control, and DDT spraying seemed like a simple way to lower mosquito numbers. The chemical reduced the spread of disease inside treated homes, ...

So far this year, about 2,000 Americans have contracted West Nile virus, mostly from the bites of the common evening mosquito. Nearly 100 deaths due to West Nile virus have been confirmed in the ...