As China enters the mosquito rampaging season of Autumn, many
people in Shanghai, in order to avoid bites and sleepless nights,
have downloaded a special mobile phone software which claims to be
able to make cell phones emit mosquito repellent waves.
About 1,000 people in a surveyed website downloaded the free
software which later most of them found did not repel mosquitoes,
some users also claimed to have suffered from severe headaches the
next morning. But there are others who support the mosquito
repellent software, saying it works.
A reporter from enet.com.cn interviewed an expert, Xu Renquan
from the Shanghai Municipal Centre for Disease Control and
Prevention. Doctor Xu said that they had made similar experiments,
such as affixing mosquito repellent wave equipment to watches and
other accessories. But the results are never good or worthwhile
pursuing. In addition, mosquitoes in different regions and areas
have different features, the same mosquito repellent software would
have obvious limitations.
Doctor Xu added that the mosquito rampaging season will last
until about October in Shanghai, and he advises citizens to use
mosquito coils or liquid medicine to get rid of the insects, not
their beloved Nokia!
(CRIENGLISH.com August 28, 2007)