About this item

Issue date:
5 September 2023
Status:
Current
Corporate Author:
Manatū Hauora - Ministry of Health,
Document date:
1 July 1998
Type:
Commissioned report, Evaluation and review, Research, Resource,
Topic:
Environmental health,
Copyright status:

© Crown Copyright, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Mosquito vectors of serious mammalian diseases could arrive in New Zealand at any time. The need for safe agents for their eradication and/or control is imperative.

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis is a subspecies of the common insecticidal bacterium; it was discovered in 1978 and has high toxicity to Diptera.

In 2005 the Ministry of Health commissioned a report to review and update the original 1998 environmental and health impact report.

Download: A Review and Update of the 1998 Report - PDF, 143 KB

A Review and Update of the Report “Environmental and health impacts of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis”.

Date of publication: May 2005