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The Inquiry: Why don’t we eradicate mosquitoes?

17/02/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Essential, The Inquiry: Why don’t we eradicate mosquitoes?

Heather Ferguson says we should focus our efforts on a small minority of mosquitoes.

Should we be concerned about the possible unintended consequences of removing mosquitoes from the ecosystem? In this excerpt from The Inquiry, mosquito expert Heather Ferguson suggests we could get rid of the most dangerous species without wreaking havoc on nature.

(Photo: Aedes Aegypti mosquito, Credit: LUIS ROBAYO / Getty Images)

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