In many parts of the United States, this weekend marks the start of summer camping season, which means swimming, arts and crafts, marshmallow roasts -- and, very often, ticks.
Of the more than 1,600 overnight camps that are members of the American Camp Association, more than a third are in New England and the mid-Atlantic states, where Lyme disease is particularly prevalent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to a May CDC report, cases of vector-borne diseases -- those caused by viruses and bacteria carried by ticks, mosquitoes and other bugs -- tripled in the United States from 2004 to 2016.
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those diseases tripled in number since the pesticides have been rendered "dangerous" & are illegal to use.
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