Are Mothballs Good at Repelling Snakes?
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Search for a cheap way to keep snakes out of your yard and you will hit the mothball advice within about thirty seconds. Scatter a handful around the foundation, people say, and the smell sends snakes packing. It is one of the most repeated yard tricks going around, and it happens to be false. It also poisons your soil and, done outdoors, breaks federal law. What the science and the regulators have to say about it.