LifeNet - Innovative Mosquito Nets

12.11.2009 nauCAT
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LifeNet - Innovative Mosquito Nets
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Producer: Bayer CropScience (DE)

Lifenet innovative mosquito nets to protect against malaria: Researchers from Bayer CropScience incorporates deltamethrin into polypropylene fiber

Researchers from Bayer CropScience are the first to have successfully incorporated deltamethrin, its WHO-recommended active ingredient, into polypropylene fiber. The result is a new textile fiber which can be used to manufacture mosquito nets that are softer, stronger and remain effective for longer. With these long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), Bayer CropScience wants to make an important contribution to vector control and thus help to stem the spread of tropical diseases such as malaria. The new product, which will be sold under the brand name LifeNet, is expected to be launched on the market within the next few years.

Bayer CropScience is the only company in the world with a full portfolio of vector control applications, including products for indoor protection against harmful insects (IRS), specialty products such as larvicides, and various technologies for the industrial manufacturer of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs). (www.lucintel.com)

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