Abstract

Mosquitoes are one of the major problems in our society because it carries a disease called
Dengue, researchers make some further studies on how to exterminate mosquito-carrying borne
diseases and developed this topic to make an organic mosquito coil. Mosquito repellents are
essentially required these days. Mosquito coils are one of the cheapest and effective way of
avoiding them, but this coils are made up of chemicals which can harm our health. So we
thought about making a substitute mosquito coil that is not harmful to our health and that is
mosquito coil made out of lemon grass. Mosquito coils are important tools for prevention of
insect-borne diseases as well as painful or uncomfortable insect bites. And one of natural
mosquito coils is the effectiveness of lemon grass as mosquito coils is the main goal of the study.
Specifically, it intends to apply the Steam Distillation Technique in obtaining the natural
elements and essential oil of mosquito coil such as citral and citronella. Using two candies as
observation, one is with extract of mosquito coils. And the study has found out that lemon grass
is an effective an alternative natural mosquito coils. The result of the present study would
provide knowledge and information about lemon grass as mosquito coils. Additionally, this study
will produce significant and relevant information for future studies regarding to mosquito coils.
Burning mosquito coils indoors generates smoke that can control mosquitoes effectively. This
practice is currently used in numerous households in Asia, Africa, and South America. However,
the smoke may contain pollutants of health concern. We conducted the present study to
characterize the emissions from four common brands of mosquito coils from China and two
common brands from Malaysia. We used mass balance equations to determine emission rates of
fine particles (particulate matter < 2.5 microm in diameter; PM(2.5)), polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), aldehydes, and ketones. Having applied these measured emission rates to
predict indoor concentrations under realistic room conditions, we found that pollutant
concentrations resulting from burning mosquito coils could substantially exceed health-based air
quality standards or guidelines.