Mosquito repellent no longer repels mosquitoes

Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 12:06 in Biology & Nature

Mosquitoes can develop a resistance to substances used to repel them. The yellow fever mosquito has developed a resistance to the mosquito repellent DEET.

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