What do you know about Pest Control?

Have you ever thought about the Pest Control? If not, you should know that Pest Control is an important step toward protecting people from unwanted pests. Pests in homes, offices or urban areas,  can pose a significant threat to the health and safety of people. Pests also could cause significant damage to houses and buildings. Some property managers hire a pest control service to spray the house or building in order to remove or control bed bugs or cockroaches.

In traditional pest control methods (relied heavily on the use of broad-spectrum pesticides to control pests), pest control companies used toxic chemicals that were also dangerous for human. Another problem is that the tenants have to collect and pack up all of their belongings whenever the exterminators sprayed. Instead of using the new, safe and more natural Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach, the property manager chose an unsafe and invasive solution that could even worsen the problem (as reliance on chemicals has grown over the years more and more pests have developed resistance to insecticides).

Integrated Pest Management refers to a set of techniques and methods used to prevent and control a pest infestation, using more than one control method or approach to pest management. It relies on the integrated use of Cultural, Physical, Biological and/or Chemical pest control methods and provides the most appropriate, fastest, safest techniques and the best possible results.

It also includes best practices and recommendations for preventing pest problems, physical pest control and safe chemical pest control methods. For example, instead of immediately spraying chemicals to control and kill cockroaches, Integrated Pest Management experts start with the least toxic methods for removing pests including identifying the exact pest problem and checking outside and inside prevalence points or physical issues such as blocking and sealing up cracks around the exterior of the property, providing tenants with lidded trash cans and scheduling regular garbage pickups. You can read more about Integrated Pest Management here.

Improvement in standards of hygienic is a part of Integrated Pest Management programs. To control an infestation, a professional pest control company provides hygienic recommendations and training materials, also eliminates sources of food and water, finds and alters nesting sites, or uses baits that are safe to use around humans. Regular property inspection is an important part of this approach, to help prevent or control any pest infestation, and if required (an important principle of this approach is that pesticides should be used only when absolutely necessary to prevent and control pests and these chemicals) apply treatments using the least-toxic and safe treatment available.

This approach is based on the planned and strategic use of pest control methods (using more than one control method). So a plan for Integrated Pest Management inspections should be prepared and scheduled. The professional pest control companies provide tip sheets about how you can keep your spaces pest free. They also prepare proper guidelines and encourage tenants/owners to report all signs of a pest infestation.