New York City's new rat-killing method has wiped out rats on a strip in the Upper East Side.
The method involves pumping carbon monoxide into rat burrows, ultimately suffocating the rodents inside.
Still, it will likely take a lot more than that to take out New York City's rats for good.
Munshi-South said similar methods have been used in the past, including with dry ice in parks in lower Manhattan that had hundreds of rat burrows.
The carbon monoxide method can also only be used in a well-ventilated, outdoor area to avoid poisoning the person applying it or other people, Munshi-South said.
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