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THE SCHWARTZ FAMILY ENJOYS BARBEQUING.
BUT ONE THING BUGS THEM. MOSQUITOES…
SOT-------(:08)------------------------ Richard Swartz
Homeowner (SOT) “I AM SURE THERE IS A
PURPOSE FOR THEM HERE ON EARTH BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IF
IT’S UP TO ME I WOULD MAKE THEM VANISH.”
SOT-------(:14)------------------------ Christy Swartz
Homeowner (SOT) “THEY ARE SO BOTHERSOME
WHEN THEY ARE AROUND WE HAVE TO LEAVE”
CHRISTY SCHWARTZ TRIES TO REGAIN HER GROUND BY FOGGING AHEAD OF
TIME. ((NATS))
THE INSECTICIDE KEEPS MOST MOSQUITOES AWAY FOR A FEW HOURS.
((NATS) OVER-THE-COUNTER INSECTICIDES
ARE EFFECTIVE BUT THEY ARE OFTEN OVERUSED.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ENTOMOLOGIST KELLY TINDALL
SAYS THE NUMBER ONE OFFENDER OF PESTICIDE MISUSE IS THE
HOMEOWNER. MANY HOMEOWNERS DON’T READ
THE DIRECTIONS ON THE LABEL. A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY.
SOT------(:47)------------------------- Kelly Tindall
MU Entomologist The label is the law it gives you the instruction on how to use it
properly and what situations it works best on.”
((NATS)) SCIENTISTS AT THE MU DELTA
RESEARCH CENTER ARE LOOKING AT INSECT RESISTANCE.
IN THE LAB…THE MU ENTOMOLOGIST AND HER STAFF EXPOSE MANY TYPES
OF BUGS TO INSECTICIDES…
TO SEE IF THEY SURVIVE. (SOT)”Overtime if people put
more out and more out you are going to have insects that are immune to the
insecticide and no longer be effective and that technology has been lost.”
TINDAL SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT FOR HOMEOWNERS TO USE THE RIGHT
AMOUNT OF INSECTICIDE. TOO MUCH TOO OFTEN
CAN KILL BUTTERFLIES, LADY BUGS AND OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS.
IF MOSQUITOES BUILDUP A TOLERANCE TO THE CHEMICALS THEN
WE ALL MAY BE OUT OF LUCK. (SOT) “If we don’t have something
new come into the market then we are just left living with mosquitoes and there
won’t be another option other than a flyswatter. “
Kent Faddis/Reporting (1:41) IN PORTAGEVILLE, KENT
FADDIS REPORTING.