Homeowners, taxpayers pay billions to fight invasive pests
Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Homeowners and taxpayers are picking up most of the tab for damage caused by invasive tree-feeding insects that hide in packing materials, live plants and other goods imported from countries into the United States every year. Results from a first-of-its-kind economic analysis, which estimates financial damage of importing foreign insects into the nation and trying to eradicate them once they establish, are reported in a new article.