Why have we not been able to eradicate mosquitoes completely?
In: Biology
The problem is, life finds a way.
Mosquitoes can evolve resistance to insecticides. This happened with DDT, and it happens with other insecticides.
Also, insecticides and other methods of killing mosquitoes don’t only affect mosquitoes. They can end up doing stuff like poisoning birds, like DDT did.
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