JOSEPH CHARPENTIER
Dr. Nananda Col applies permethrin to clothes for keeping ticks away. Courtesy photo
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Georgetown resident and physician Dr. Nananda Col spoke to a Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) session of over 50 people April 1 on ticks and tick-borne diseases. Col became a member of a group in Georgetown dedicated to controlling tick populations after she caught two diseases while mushroom foraging. She has been giving lectures and seminars on the subject ever since.
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lyme disease and everything tick-related has made headlines, said Col. Lyme disease has become much more prevalent in Maine over the past 20-plus years and Midcoast Maine, particularly Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties, are the most affected, she said.
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