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In Reply to: Help! Landord using industrial strength insecticide. (long) posted by vacuous on April 11, 2007 at 12:53:24:
I can hardly believe that my opinion registered with the landlord or with Terminix. I did, however, speak to one tenant, who was alarmed about the use of Carbaryl. Maybe that tipped the balance towards use of the environmentally green incecticide BT.Somehow I still feel more trampled than victorious. A whole lot of effort went into researching insecticides and communicating my findings. I'm spent. I celebrate tomorrow, after getting some good sleep first.
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Good work, Vacuous. This is proof that persistence and determination pay off.
Mike "use your ears" Z
I was going to suggest that you do the right thing by your "neighbors" and inform them of your findings as the last thing you would want on your hands would be to see your neighbor carrying out their dead dog, cat, bird, etc, knowing all along that you could have prevented this.But I would still be a little leery about the Terminex people. "Oops! We used up all of Product A. What else do we have....(hmmmmm). Well, we have lots of this stuff, and it says it kills things....."
Be afraid.
Ergo grex, ergo sum.
I can't see why they would even consider the more harmful stuff in light of the facts. In fact, I'm rather intrigued that the bad stuff is even allowed for such general use and not under stricter policies.Cheers
Carbaryl can be sprayed just once, and the job is done. BT sometimes requires two applications. That's it. Terminix wants to blow in and blow out of jobs as fast as possible, without return visits.Your health? Terminix really doesn't care, and will only post the warnings required by law.
Just try talking to these people over the telephone about health concerns. Questions I asked: Isn't BT safer? Isn't Carbaryl overkill for this caterpillar infestation? What are your professional qualifications? They refused to answer any of these questions.
Good luck finding a pest control service that you can trust.
Two visits should equal double the billable hours, which would be more profitable. And, in this case, they would get extra credit for being more "green".But what do I know? ;~)
The almighty dollar wins out over ethics.
Carbaryl is sold over the counter as SEVIN (and probably under other names as well). The concentration may vary but basically any fool can walk into a garden center or hardware store and buy this stuff. I'm not anti pesticides and herbicides per se but the regulation is actually quite weak. One of the not-so-pleasant aspects of my work is that I get to see the public misusing pesticides on a regular basis.
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