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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

600,000 mosquitos are being dropped around Washington DC to kill off blood-sucking pests

Some 600,000 male mosquitoes are being deployed across the nation’s capital this summer — but they’re not looking to suck any human’s blood.

Instead, the winged pests will work to halt growing populations of female mosquitoes around Washington, D.C., that can spread deadly diseases, such as West Nile virus, dengue, chikungunya and zika.

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