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Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Ticks and Mosquitoes: 90% Fewer Invasive Mosquitoes in D.C. by 2028
Trump signed an executive order on Sept. 29 launching a D.C. campaign to cut invasive mosquito populations 90% and ticks 50% by 2028, favoring non-chemical, technology-enabled pest control over conventional pesticides.
Why it matters
Ticks and mosquitoes rank among the deadliest animals worldwide, transmitting major diseases that impose growing health and economic burdens on the American public. Foreign, invasive mosquitoes — especially the Asian tiger mosquito and the Egyptian (yellow fever) mosquito — are multiplying across the United States and have become the dominant species in some areas, including the District of Columbia. Expanding tick populations expose Americans, pets, and livestock to debilitating and costly health risks, the order says.
Full report
The order directs the Interior, Agriculture, EPA and General Services chiefs to start a D.C.-wide campaign within 60 days, aiming by 2028 to cut invasive mosquito populations by 90 percent and the tick population by 50 percent. Tactics include remediating breeding grounds through landscaping and drainage work, controlling host reservoirs such as rodents and deer, and prioritizing commercial and technological solutions — including sterile insect techniques and safe biotechnologies — over conventional pesticides.
Separately, the EPA must submit within 60 days a regulatory framework for developing and releasing advanced pest-control biotechnologies, covering sterilization techniques, safe genetic modification, and beneficial bacteria. Within 90 days, the Health and Human Services secretary must launch prize competitions for rapid diagnostics, prevention and treatment of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases — including Lyme disease, West Nile, Zika, dengue and alpha-gal syndrome — and explore food-and-drug labeling for products high in alpha-galactose, similar to other allergy warnings.
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