Sunday, June 15, 2008

phoenix puts mosquito-eating fish in abandoned pools to prevent west nile virus

Authorities in Arizona are stepping up a program to put mosquito-gobbling minnows into the stagnant pools of foreclosed or abandoned homes to prevent an outbreak of West Nile virus.

found via bruce sterling, who says
Man, only in 2008. They're the Ballardian empty-swimming pools of West Nile stupor-breeding death!

link to planet ark article
link to bruce sterling's blog

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