subject: Make Sure Your Pro Uses Environmentally Safe Pest Control Techniques [print this page] Homeowners and business owners hire professional pest control technicians to control, if not totally eliminate, the presence of outdoor and indoor pests in and around their properties for obvious reasons. Pests, after all, transmit diseases, destroy inventory, equipment and other items, and generally just make any place unfit for human habitation.
However, not all professional pest control technicians use eco-friendly techniques to complete the job. The use of environmentally-safe techniques is of significant importance in effective pest control for several reasons.
First, no matter the products and techniques used in pest control, the environment including the humans, plants and animals in it will be affected. You will naturally want your family, friends and co-workers as well as your crops and pets protected from the negative effects like ingestion of poison and inhalation of toxic substances. Your best choices then are eco-friendly, pet-friendly pest control techniques.
Second, effective pest control is the main goal here. Many environmentally unsafe techniques can actually lead to the development of resistance to the products among the pests for which these were applied against in the first place. When environmentally-safe pest control techniques are used, however, pest incidence can be effectively reduced, if not totally eliminated, in and around the property with the least risk for recurrence.
So, how then can you ensure that the pest control methods used in your property are, indeed, safe for the environment and yet deadly to the pests?
a. Discuss the techniques as well as the products and accessories to be used with the technician. You should be informed about the effects of these items on your home or office.
b. Do your research. Go online and look for reliable information on the techniques used just to be on the safe side. You may even find new information that the technician has yet to know of.
c. Ask for a trial package. You will then be able to ascertain the effects of the techniques including the products on the environment, on pets and on people. You can decide whether to proceed with the techniques or request for other methods.
Indeed, you must take an active part when deciding on the best environmentally-safe yet cost-efficient and results-oriented pest control techniques for your home and business. In the end, it is your responsibility to your family and friends as well as to your employees to ensure that they are safe from both pests and pesticides, not to mention your responsibility to the environment, too.
