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This billboard kills mosquitos by mimicking human sweat
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A new billboard in Brazil aims to attract and kill mosquitos, as part of a campaign launched by two advertising agencies. The “Mosquito Killer” billboard, created by the agencies Posterscope and NBS, emits carbon dioxide and a lactic acid solution to mimic human breathing and sweat. Mosquitos that are lured to the billboard become trapped inside, and eventually die.
The idea, according to the agencies, is to help combat the Zika virus, which is carried by mosquitos and has spread rapidly across Brazil and Latin America. More than 1.5 million Zika cases have been recorded in Brazil since April 2015, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month confirmed that the virus…
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http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/21/11477008/mosquito-killer-billboard-brazil-zika-virus
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