Integrated Pest Management

Pest control is no easy task. In ideal situations typical pests such as insects, rodents,and the like won’t even be in our living quarters at all – but let’s face it, life isn’t so ideal. Once pests manage to get into your home, it’s hard to make them go away, and their presence could affect your health, your comfort, and even your property! The longer you leave the problem untreated, the worse it will be. One of the fastest way to get rid of the little suckers is to blast them with chemicals.

However, the easy approach is now slowly being proven to be a dangerous one – research has shown that the use of chemical agents in pesticides as well as other man-made or synthetic materials used for controlling pest can be as lethal to humans as it is to the critters you want to eradicate. The dangers are higher for children as well as domesticated animals, and if you have either or both in your household, then you had better re-think your options or regret putting your loved ones in harm. Thankfully, due to the advancements in modern research, non-toxic and naturally organic pest control methods are now widely available. Read the rest of this entry »

Pest control within facilities is not to be taken lightly. An infestation could lead to a host of dilemmas for facilities managers – causing health problems, severely damaging employee relations, and even leading to absenteeism and resignations.

Wider business consequences could include: harm to customer and employee trust, serious damage to your facility’s health and hygiene reputation, as well as lost revenue. In order to address these issues it is important to be aware of the types of pest problems facilities are most exposed to and what can be done to prevent them.

In addition, it would be undoubtedly beneficial to formulate mouse control, fly control, bird control and other forms of pest control strategies in advance of any problem arising. While pest control is only one of the many responsibilities of a busy facilities manager, prevention is always better than cure. It is vital that problems are dealt with as quickly as possible.

Pests are remarkably clever at finding the perfect environment to set up home in. Stored product insect pests will seek out premises containing dry foodstuffs and rodents, whilst attracted to food, also like buildings that are warm and quiet at night. Read the rest of this entry »

When most of us hear the term ‘pest control’ what immediately comes to our minds is the image of someone with a sprayer on their back, or a light aircraft hovering over an extensive farm, trying to combat pests. In both cases, of course, it is the chemicals that are sprayed that will eventually get rid of the pests in question. In other words, for most of us, pest-control has come to be equated to ‘use of chemicals.’ Perhaps this is something caused by the informational campaigns done by the makers of the various pest control chemicals. Perhaps it is something to do with what we learn, regarding pest-control, from our educational systems. But whatever its source, the end result is some sort of ‘hype:’ where chemicals come to be viewed as the only solutions to the pest problem. Whether the pests troubling you happen to be cockroaches in your kitchen, rats in your store-room, bedbugs in your bedroom or aphids on your garden, the solution is simply to get the right chemical – and they’ll soon be history; you are told.

Now there is no denying that the chemical approach to pest control is a highly effective one: sometimes with a 100% success rate. There is also no denying that it is a highly efficient one. And there is no denying that in some cases, it can be the only viable pest-control mechanism: like where the pest infestation problem is a very big one, or where the problem is relatively modest, but the area on which pest control is necessary too huge.

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