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Every night time, a mass assassin stalks the darkness of America’s suburbs. An eerie blue glow lures hapless victims from their houses. The doomed souls, mesmerized by the light, throng to their deaths in scorching blasts of electricity. I’m speaking about the bug zapper. Many people use the gadget to rid themselves of mosquitoes and different pests. "Kill flies, mosquitoes, gnats, and wasps," touts Black and Decker. Flowtron will assist eradicate flying pests over up to "2 acres" for just $315. Another advertises itself as an "eco-friendly" method to "instantly kill" mosquitoes. The issue? None of these claims are true, scientists say. In truth, bug zappers make it more doubtless you’ll be bitten by mosquitoes whereas sitting in your yard. "When it involves mosquitoes, Zappify Bug Zapper official zappers don’t work," says James Fordyce, an entomologist on the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Bug zappers are distinctive killers of bugs - just not those that chew you. Among the many 1000's of insects these devices electrocute each night, almost all are harmless. |
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