For centuries, female mosquitoes have been naturally drawn to living creatures with blood. Like humans or animals.
They find their target by using their antennae, which sense the air we breathe out.
And when they detect this, they know exactly where we are and start sucking our blood.
That’s why we often get bitten when we’re active and sweating, because we release more of our scent.
"Can’t we just use mosquito spray?" I asked.
The doctor shook his head and said, "Mosquitoes may not like the spray, but it doesn’t block our scent, so they still find us."
But even worse, since these sprays absorb into your skin, you have to reapply them constantly.
In the best case, they irritate the skin.But in worst cases, they can damage the nervous system. Children are especially prone to these harmful effects.
As a mother, I felt awful. Had I been spraying my kids with toxic chemicals that didn’t even work?