Park finds success with pesticide-free mosquito traps
DOT COM.
>> AND YOU KNOW, IS IN THE
SUMMERTIME. IT'S MAKING ME IT.
YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS.
YEAH, THEY REALLY GO TOGETHER
AROUND HERE. YES, THEY SURE DO.
A EUROPEAN COMPANY HAS TRIED TO
CHANGE THAT AT A RALLY PARK
ALL WITHOUT USING PESTICIDES.
WRAL, HEALTH REPORTER, GRACE
TEVA SHARES WHAT THE SUMMER HAS
SHOWN AND PLANS TO EXPAND
ACROSS THE STATE.
>> YOU MIGHT NOT HEAR IT OR
EVEN SEE. BUT RIGHT NOW, A
DEADLY BATTLE AGAINST THOUSANDS
OF MOSQUITOES HERE IN NORTH
RALEIGH IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND
ME.
>> WE WALK THROUGH MOST
EVENINGS. IT'S A DIFFERENCE.
THOSE WHO LIVE HERE SAY THEY
ALREADY FEEL HASN'T BEEN BIT BY
MOSQUITOES THAT I CAN REMEMBER
WALKING THROUGH HERE RECENTLY.
IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THESE TASTY
HUMANS. THAT'S THE ATTRACTIVE
THAT ARE REALLY HUMAN WAY AT
ALL. THAT MIMICS THE HUMAN SKIN
THIS SUMMER AND SEE IF THERE'S
ONE AND THEY'RE FLYING AROUND
RIGHT NOW OVER 1 MILLION
MOSQUITOES. ALL THIS DEBRIS
FIGURES THAT OUT THIS IS DEAD.
MOSQUITOES THE HARD WAY AND THE
REST OF THE WORLD BY THIS HAS
BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS.
AND FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS ARE
COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO IT.
BIOGEN'S HAS BEEN QUIETLY
TESTING. IT'S PESTICIDE FREE
TECH IN COKE'S PRAIRIE PARK.
WE REALLY WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE
THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS
THAN JUST FALLING OR
INSECTICIDE SPRAYING WIDE 8
TRAPS CAMOUFLAGED AMONG THE
TREES AROUND THE WOODEN
VEGETATED AREAS ANYWHERE WHERE
THERE'S STANDING WATER. WE
WOULD SEE A LOT ALL TURNING
THIS AREA BITE FREE IN YEARS
PAST WE WOULD GET COMPLAINTS
NONSTOP ABOUT GOT MOSQUITOES ON
THE WALKING PATH.
>> THIS YEAR, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN
A SINGLE ONE WITH THE CASE OF
WEST NILE REPORTED THIS SUMMER
IN DURHAM. THE COMPANY SAYS
IT'S NOW WORKING WITH THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO HELP
PROTECT MORE SITES SOON.
WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THEM LAST
WEEK. WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE
IMPLEMENT THIS INTO ALMOST 40
COUNTIES.
>> HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR