Eliminating Disease-carrying Pests And Restoring Enjoyment Of The Great Outdoors

Ticks and mosquitoes spread costly diseases affecting people, pets, and livestock. The order prioritizes non-chemical controls, biotechnology, faster product review, and new diagnostics, preventives, and treatments.

What the order does ​

• Directs agencies to begin a D.C. campaign within 60 days targeting a 90% reduction in invasive mosquitoes and a 50% reduction in ticks by 2028.
• Requires habitat reduction, drainage and landscaping improvements, host-animal controls, sterile-insect techniques, and other safe targeted technologies on federal lands.
• Orders the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a regulatory framework for advanced pest-control technologies and expedite methods or products it finds safe and effective.
• Directs health agencies to launch prizes or research for rapid diagnostics, preventives, and treatments for tick- and mosquito-borne diseases.
• Requires a research agenda for alpha-gal syndrome immunotherapies and exploration of allergy-style labels for products containing significant amounts of alpha-galactose.
• Directs agricultural and partner agencies to support research into non-chemical disease and pest controls and review available implementation resources.

Who it affects ​

• Washington, D.C., residents and visitors exposed to ticks and invasive mosquitoes.
• Patients at risk from Lyme disease, alpha-gal syndrome, West Nile, Zika, dengue, and other listed diseases.
• Owners of pets and livestock vulnerable to tick-borne illness.
• Biotechnology, pest-control, medical-product, food, and drug developers involved in research, registration, or labeling.