WINNIPEG – Health Canada has approved the use of Deltagard in Winnipeg’s battle against mosquitoes.
For the past 30 years Winnipeg has fogged with Malathion but it’s no longer available in Canada.
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Winnipeg decided in 2016 to make the switch to Deltagard but needed approval from Health Canada.
That permission was granted Friday.
It’s a costly change. One round of fogging with malthion ran $100,000. Deltagard is twice that, at $200,000 per application.
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