'Fatal attraction' way to kill mozzies


JELEBU: “Fatal attraction” has re­­duced the number of mosquitoes and mosquito bites in Kampung Du­sun Kubur, an orang asli village, here.

Unlike the usual mosquito coil that drives away these blood-sucking insects, Universiti Malaya scientists have invented a unique coil that attracts mosquitoes and then kills them, hence, reducing the mosquito population.

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