2023-07-29 05:12:44
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The municipality of the neighboring commune of Bordeaux has set up an unprecedented experience in Gironde, a “zero mosquito” plan. Without chemical intervention, it aims to limit nuisances and limit the transmission of viruses.
Seconds following ringing the doorbell, a window opens onto the street. From inside, Emmanuel mimics a barrage with his arms then collapses on the edge. “It is better not that I take you to my garden, you will be eaten by mosquitoes”, warns the sixty-year-old with a broad smile. That day, the temperature was around 35 degrees in the streets of Talence, a neighboring town to the south of Bordeaux. A light wind makes the heat bearable. “I would have taken the air, but I limit the outings,” he continues with a sigh. The situation has “clearly worsened” in recent years, he says. From now on, it is impossible for him to go out without coating himself with a natural recipe concocted by him, the fruit of long research on the Internet. “I put essential oils in it, among other things. It’s not 100% effective, but it limits the damage. Must say that we are invaded. Sometimes I even hear my neighbors screaming when they get bitten,” he says, both amused and annoyed.
In April, when he had resigned himself to no longer enjoying his garden in summer, the Talençais had the pleasant surprise of seeing an elected official arrive at his home to tell him that his neighborhood had been chosen as part of a exp
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