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Mosquito Repellent Firm Fined for Mosquito Breeding


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Suzybell
- 127 days ago - metro.co.uk
The manager of a mosquito repellent factory in Sri Lanka was fined and faces a possible six months in jail - for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on his company's premises. 'The court fined the superintendent of a mosquito coil company for fail
Comments

Kathy W. (305)
Wednesday July 1, 2009, 11:09 pm
Good grief! Like we don't have enough mosquito's around they have to be bred?! What next?
Thanks Suzybell.
 

Suzybell H. (220)
Friday July 3, 2009, 9:11 am
You said a mouthful,Kathy!
 

Kari D. (163)
Friday July 3, 2009, 10:00 am
You sure did Kathy!
 

Michelle M. (83)
Saturday July 4, 2009, 2:16 am
I'll go with that, Kathy! - I don't have any problems with spiders and even hornets and wasps and bees and flies - but my patience is VERY VERY VERY thin with mosquitoes.
 

sue w. (151)
Saturday July 4, 2009, 12:59 pm
Heard a similar story on roaches. I swear if it ain't Monsanto we have just regular greedy idiots to contend with!
 

Winefred M. (66)
Tuesday July 7, 2009, 7:35 am
Right Kathy! Mosquito s do make you sick.You can get yellow fever or dengue for that matter.
 
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