In most other respects, “the rat problem”, as it has come to be known, is a perfect nightmare. A male and female left to their own devices for one year – the average lifespan of a city rat – can beget 15,000 descendants. In 1930, faced with a rat infestation on Rikers Island, New York City officials flushed the area with mustard gas. Since its invention, rat poison has been our primary method of curbing rat populations, but it is dangerous. SenesTech is not alone in its attempts to devise a more sustainable, responsible method of ending the rat problem.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2016 04:52 UTC