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Head lice are getting harder to kill—here's how to break the nit cycle
Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or caregiver has to face. And the job is getting harder. Commonly used chemical products ...
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Pesticide Resistance:
From insect larvae that keep munching on pesticide-laden cotton in the U.S. to head lice that won't wash out of children's hair, pests are slowly developing genetic shields that enable them to ...
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The problem of sea lice in salmon farms
The lice have a short, free-swimming larval phase, when they need to find and attach to a fish host. L. salmonis specimens from the Museum's collection preserved in liquid 'The infective larvae are ...
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What lurks in the loch: studying sea lice
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What Sea Lice Bites Look Like and How to Treat Them
Sea lice bites are an itchy rash caused by jellyfish larvae that get trapped in swimsuits after swimming in the ocean. The larvae release toxins that trigger irritation, redness, and welts on the ...