Property owner Solomon Shlomo of Brooklyn, N.Y., claims he scared off rats infesting his building by playing the drums, according to The Brooklyn Paper. His building in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood was inspected by the city’s health department twice following a 2015 fire on the building’s top floor, the paper said. Inspectors claimed that rat burrows […]
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Central Life Sciences: SLAP Program
To assist mosquito management professionals in spreading the word about their role in public health, Central Life Sciences, the makers of...
Bug Off Pest Control Center: Pest Control and the Protection of Food and Public Health Course
Taking place April 25-27, 2017, at Bug Off’s Career Training Center, “Pest Control and the Protection of Food and Public...
NPMA to host 2 public health workshops
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) is hosting two one-day workshops focused on public health pest control, with an emphasis...
5 questions with RISE’s chair
BASF Director of Specialty & Professional Solutions Jonathan Sweat wants to enter pesticide conversations earlier, helping steer public perception before...
Congress approves Zika funding
According to the National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA’s) Sept. 30 policy e-newsletter, the U.S. Congress avoided a government shut-down and...
BREAKING: Florida governor holds Zika press conference
Florida Gov. Rick Scott held a press conference in Orlando this morning to confirm that the Sunshine State “likely has...
Rentokil debuts public health campaign
Rentokil Steritech, Ehrlich, Presto-X and Western Exterminator, launched a new campaign, “Join Our World of Mosquito and Tick Prevention,” focused on helping...
NPMA gives Zika funding update
Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted with permission from the July 15 edition of the National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA’s) Policy...
Mitchell becomes RANGER member
Pest Management Professional (PMP) magazine is proud to announce that Technical Editor Dr. Stuart Mitchell has achieved physician-medical corps membership status in...
Bayer teams with CDC to fight Zika
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Zika virus has spread rapidly throughout the Americas,...
NPMA rounds up Zika developments
Updated May 31 to reflect new developments, as reported by the NPMA. In its weekly ePestWorld newsletter to members, the...
Central Life Sciences: Aqua Zenivex E20
New Aqua Zenivex E20 expands the Zenivex adulticide lineup of reduced-risk mosquito products with an option that offers easier mixing...
NPMA, CEPA to co-host public health summit
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and the Confederation of European Pest Management Associations (CEPA) will partner once again to...
Control Solutions Inc.: Stryker 5-25
CSI introduces a new insecticide concentrate for adult mosquito control, including those that transmit West Nile, chikungunya and Zika viruses....
MosquitoMax: Larvanator ALD-365
The new Larvanator ALD-365 is a patent-pending automatic larvicide dispensing device that works year-round to eliminate mosquito larva in catch...