Rancid Pools In Foreclosed Homes Become Disease Incubators

Rancid Pools In Foreclosed Homes Become Disease Incubators

The foreclosure crisis has emptied neighborhoods with once-gleaming pools, now sitting caked with algae, infested with mosquitoes. The problem has grown so dire, environmental health specialists in Western states have turned to mosquitofish to police the stagnant waters; for the little silvery creatures a batch of larvae is like a prime-rib buffet.

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