Committee notes insecticide-free mosquito control with Bti 'dunks' in local parks
The committee recorded EAC advocacy for insecticide-free mosquito control and noted Parks and Recreation has placed buckets with Bti-containing 'dunks' in Reservoir and Rap Curry parks to kill mosquito larvae.
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The Environment, Parks, and Trees Committee recorded that the EAC has consistently recommended insecticide-free mosquito control using Bti 'dunks'—tablets that crumble into buckets of water where mosquitoes lay eggs; the bacterium in the dunks kills larvae. Minutes state that Parks and Recreation has placed buckets with dunks in Reservoir and Rap Curry parks.
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