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Category Archives: Safety
Heat Illness and How to Prevent During This Hot Summer!
What is heat illness? Basically, it’s what happens to the body when it can no longer cool itself down. Our bodies normally cool down by sweating and by elevating blood flow to the skin. When this no longer occurs, heat … Continue reading
Why Aren’t Pest Control Techs Leading The Lists In Deaths?
Did you know there is a top 15 list of the leading causes of death? (2010)- Ugh, morbid I know, but it is enlightening in the sense that what you may think should be at the top of the list … Continue reading
Boric Acid And Borax Are Killing You-The Safe Way
Google Borax and you’re likely to find this astounding product that does amazing things. Put boric acid in your search bar and you’ll find no less great and positive accolades. Words like safe, no side effects, harmless, healthy and the … Continue reading
The 5 Golden Rules Of Crawling Around An Attic
Part of any pest control techs/sales persons job is to get into attics. Whether inspecting,treating, setting traps, pest proofing or just being a nice guy and brining down some Christmas stuff, it’s what we do. So with as much time … Continue reading
Is Your B&G An 800 Pound Gorilla?
A few years ago I was part of a large group of bug men being led around a a large campus to give a bid for services. There were the big shot sales men from the mega firms, managers of … Continue reading
Is Pesticidal Chalk A Good Idea?
I remember seeing a commercial quite some time ago about a great new product that killed bugs using crayons. Of course seeing it in action with the pretty blonde housewife smiling as she draws a protective barrier across her counter … Continue reading
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Tagged ant chalk, ants chalk, chinese chalk, insect chalk, pesticidal chalk
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If Pest Granules Covered The World
Some people will go to almost any lengths to rid themselves of unwanted bugs. Whole gallons of ‘Do It Yourself’ killer liquids are applied to every surface of the home while entire aerosol cans are used to lay to waste … Continue reading
The Dangerous Myth Of Mothballs
When you think of mothballs do you associate them with pesticides or more of a harmless home remedy that gets rid of just about any unwanted creature you could imagine? I’m thinking most of you feel this pearly white marble … Continue reading
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Tagged moth balls, moth balls danger, mothball toxicity, mothballs, mothballs naphthalene, mothballs snakes
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Don’t Try Pest Control At Home
We’ve all seen the car commercials where the vehicle is speeding over rough terrain or weaving in and out of traffic. I guess we subliminally get a message that tells us, “We could drive that way. We should buy that … Continue reading
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Tagged diy pest control, home pest control, pest control safety, pest control training
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Borax- Beauty and the Beast
Death Valley, there are no sounds of birds that fill the air, no crickets chirp or children playing in the summer sun, the oppressive and relentless heat sees to that. This desolate section of earth reaches temperatures of 136 degrees … Continue reading
The Beast Of Borax Can Kill You
So what’s the problem with Borax? Follow this link to see The Beauty of Borax. Peruse any DIY web site or forum where people are trading recipes for a myriad of pest control issues and it won’t be long before … Continue reading
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Tagged borax for fleas, borax uses, boric acid, is borax dangerous, is borax safe, safety data, sodium borate, what is borax
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Chemical spills-do you know what to do?
Do you know how to handle a chemical spill? It doesn’t happen very often but if and when it does it can quickly ruin more than just your day. News agencies just love accidents like these and wouldn’t it be … Continue reading
6 things NOT to do with a fogger
Fogging for insects used to be the ‘bomb’ (pun intended) It was the end all cure all and even after a failed treatment the client would just be in utter amazement that an insect would live through such a complete … Continue reading
