How Mosquitos Have Shaped What We Eat and Drink

‘The Mosquito’ author Timothy C. Winegard chronicles the history of ingestible repellents, from coffee to gin & tonics

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The mosquito is our deadliest predator. Researchers have suggested that the mosquito is responsible for the deaths of roughly half of the 108 billion people who have ever lived. With her…