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Oil can be applied on the stagnant water to control the spread of malaria.

      

Oil can be applied on the stagnant water to control the spread of malaria.
(a) How does this practice control the spread of malaria?
(b) Give a reason why this practice should be discouraged.

  

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John
(a) Mosquito larvae or pupa are killed by suffocation, thereby breaking the life cycle of mosquitoes

(b) - This practice pollutes the environment,

- Oil is expensive

- Other aquatic organisms are also killed

- The practice contaminates water bodies
johnmulu answered the question on May 8, 2017 at 07:22


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