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Fish Clean Up Mortgage Mess

Mosquito-eaters help keep abandoned pools from breeding disease

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2008 3:59 PM CDT

(Newser) – Stagnant pools bursting with mosquitoes have become a byproduct of the housing crisis, turning into breeding grounds for diseases like West Nile virus. But, the Wall Street Journal reports, there is a solution: Gambusia affinis, a natural predator, also known as the mosquito fish, that's...   Read full story »

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