Anti-Mosquito Paint: the Latest Weapon in the War Against Malaria
10th October 2018
A Japanese coatings manufacturer has released the first paint designed to keep mosquitoes at bay, with health authorities in Zambia hoping that it will help them succeed in a nationwide drive to make the nation malaria-free by 2021.
Kansai Plascon announced the release of the new coating in Lusaka this week, describing it as a “value-for-money alternative vector” in the campaign against a disease that still accounts for one million deaths in Africa every year.
The Kansai Plascon Anti-Mosquito paint is designed to be safely applied in residential properties as well as public and commercial buildings, with studies demonstrating that it is effective in repelling mosquitoes for up to 24 months.
Good stuff, Maynard.
October 11th, 2018 at 12:16
Repelling mosquitoes only moves them to another location.
We need bug-zapping paint that kills the little bastards!
October 12th, 2018 at 16:18
If the other location they move to is the back of a proglodyte’s neck, I’m in.