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  2. Water stagnation - Wikipedia

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    Man drinking stagnant water in Chad. Malaria and dengue are among the main dangers of still water, which can become a breeding ground for the mosquitoes that transmit these diseases. [2] Stagnant water can be dangerous because it provides a better incubator than running water for many kinds of infectious pathogens.

  3. The Food Defect Action Levels - Wikipedia

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    The Food Defect Action Levels: Levels of Natural or Unavoidable Defects in Foods That Present No Health Hazards for Humans is a publication of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition [1] detailing acceptable levels of food contamination from sources such as maggots, thrips, insect fragments, "foreign matter", mold, rodent hairs, and insect ...

  4. Calliphoridae - Wikipedia

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    Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is the medical use of selected, laboratory-raised fly larvae for cleaning nonhealing wounds. Medicinal maggots perform debridement by selectively eating only dead tissue. Lucilia sericata (Phaenicia sericata), or the common green bottlefly, is the preferred species used in maggot therapy. [58]

  5. Foods That Are Banned in America. Do You Agree? - AOL

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    Casu Marzu, native to the Italian island of Sardinia, is essentially a pecorino that is exposed to fly larvae, which expedite the rotting process and leave behind a creamy, stinky, and maggot ...

  6. Maggots from rotten fish in overhead bin fall on passenger ...

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    Maggots — the larvae of flies — were found falling from a bag carrying an apparently rotten fish on Delta Flight 133 on Tuesday, a passenger said. Maggots, which are small and wormlike, are ...

  7. Rat-tailed maggot - Wikipedia

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    A characteristic feature of rat-tailed maggots is a tube-like, telescoping breathing siphon located at its posterior end. [2] This acts like a snorkel, allowing the larva to breathe air while submerged. The siphon is usually about as long as the maggot's body (20 mm (0.79 in) when mature), but can be extended as long as 150 mm (5.9 in).

  8. Maggots love my organic waste bin come summer ... - AOL

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    The foul odor of a garbage can in the garage is an alluring magnet to a fly. But ridding landfills of methane means the food waste must go elsewhere.

  9. Myiasis - Wikipedia

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    Maggot therapy was common in the United States during the 1930s. However, during the second half of the twentieth century, after the introduction of antibiotics, maggot therapy was used only as a last resort for very serious wounds. [3] Lately maggots have been making a comeback due to the increased resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. [42]