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Tick Tubes containing Pyrethrin, a pesticide that kills ticks, presents a means to control
ticks on mice, the species primarily responsible for transmitting Lyme and other diseases
into ticks. Data suggest that Tick Tubes can reduce the numbers of ticks and, if used
instead of spraying, can reduce the amount of pesticide used to control ticks. The Tick
Tubes program, approved at the 2012 October Town Meeting went into effect in
February 2013. Tick Tubes available through the Health Office at 41.25 per box of 24
tubes, enough to approximately cover the perimeter of a ½ acre lot. To date the BOH has
sold 43 boxes of Tuck Tubes at our cost.
