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Jamie Sarkonak: The progressive, anti-science surrender to mosquitos

Edmonton's pullback from mosquito control is as irrational as Europe's rejection of air conditioning

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In 2022, when Edmonton decided to stop airdropping mosquito-larva-eating bacteria into bodies of water and opt for more “natural” methods of pest control, experts warned that mosquito populations in the city could double. Well, anyone in the city who walked in grass last weekend will tell you that this grim prophecy has come true: we’re in a mosquitopocalypse.

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It’s a pattern that plays out time and time again in Canada, and indeed, the West. Bored government officials develop romantic notions that non-interference is always best when it comes to the environment, convince their colleagues that convenience, comfort and health must be sacrificed for the organic lifestyle, and, finally, impose their views on the general public.

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The worst of this foolishness can be found in Western Europe, where the masses who are suffering through an intolerable heatwave are expected to just deal with it.

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