Modern Farmer reported this week that recent studies of the effectiveness of permethrin, a pesticide commonly used to combat mosquitoes, is less effective in warmer conditions than expected. This has implications for future summers, since trends towards warmer temperatures are likely to make conditions in the Southeast and elsewhere more favorable for longer mosquito seasons than in the past.
If pesticides are less effective at those warmer temperatures, it could lead to increases in mosquitoes and the diseases they carry or increased demands from farmers and public health officials for newer, more effective products. You can read the story here.
