The results of the New Jersey Pest Management Association's (NJPMA's) Presidential Cockroach Race are in, and the McCain cockroach cruised to victory.
This training manual contains information pest management professionals (PMPs) need to provide their customers with superior control of public health pests.
Four times the usual number of mosquitoes are swarming across central Indiana this summer on the heels of the state's recent bouts of flooding and heavy rains.
The ant has become a serious nuisance in parts of Houston, where its infestation was calculated at approximately 50 million ants per acre in early June.
Having a child who suffers from chronic allergies to dust mites as well as attention deficit disorder, Ecola Termite Services' Sue Fries has always been particularly conscious of not only the global environment, but her family's immediate surroundings.
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In summary, EPA is requiring that homeowner products only be sold in tamper-resistant bait stations and that second generation anticoagulants may not be sold to consumers.
By June 2008, The Home Depot anticipates that 62 of its stores nationwide will no longer sell pesticides, with all 166 stores offering additional environmentally preferred replacement products by the end of 2008.
"There can be focus units in any building; forget the economic status of that building," says Jay Nixon, president of Takoma Park, Md.-based American Pest Management.
