Is There a Law Against It?

^ A Thermacell.

The last time I was in Canada, on a lake island in NW ontario (haven for mosquitoes), the cabin had this contraption hooked to a propane tank that attracted them to a trap and killed them. I was never once bitten, or really even saw one, except in the trap.

Always have wondered why noboddy uses them in the states. Or maybe they do?
I bet amaruq knows what i'm talking about.

Something like this? or something different?

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As for why we don't commonly see them, it may be because in places with lots of mosquitoes (like where I live!), most people have AC. It's pretty rare to see a house here with the windows open, even in poor neighborhoods -- and most of the houses have screens on the windows.

So it's vaporizing a chemical everyone in the room constantly breaths in. That's on the order of the Shell No-Pest strips, which have mostly went away (they emit, in a very literal sense, a nerve gas...just counting on it taking a lot less poison gas to kill an insect than it does to kill an adult human. Tricky math nonetheless). Maybe similar heath concerns keep them out of the state's? What's it emit?

www.wired.com/2014/01/cdc-warning-misuse-pest-strips/

ETA: So its active ingredient is "Prallethrin which is a pyrethroid insecticide" vaporize into the air. 

EPA: www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/10/29/2014-25732/prallethrin-pesticide-tolerances


"Prallethrin is structurally similar to Type I pyrethroids. The adverse outcome pathway (AOP) shared by pyrethroids involves the ability to interact with voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) in the central and peripheral nervous system, leading to changes in neuron firing, and ultimately neurotoxicity."

in a choice between a nerve agent and DEET? I'd choose DEET. Or for chronic exposure, a bed net. I like the way my neurons are firing now just fine thankyouverymuch.    Ymmv. 

What ever happened to those coil thingy's that smelled like incense but probably had a neuro-toxin. They were as pervasive in Vietnam as agent orange.

Despite the conspiracy theorists, the US does not allow the use of many pesticides or certain uses of pesticides that are widely used elsewhere. Many pesticides that are banned here are in wide use in other parts of the world where impact on the environment and human health are not as great of a concern. Occasional use is probably not much of a concern, but DEET is less toxic for prolonged use.

Where are you finding all the mosquitoes? I don't think I've been bitten by a mosquito all summer. I applied DEET twice for black flies, but that is all.