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Sniffing Out Bedbugs
August 1st, 2011 - 292 days ago 
Sniffing Out Bedbugs Two years ago, as more and more people began waking up with itchy, red welts on their body, Chris Goggin, an innovator with two dozen patents realized the world needed a cheap and effective way to detect bedbugs. The notorious insects, which reemerged in the US about 10 years ago after a
Issue Month : August Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE: 8
Controlling Cockroaches-The IPM way
Good cleaning and hygiene practices are an integral part of any Integrated Pest Management programme, says Nikhil Chatterjee, Director of Gluework Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Issue Month : August Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE: 8
Resurfacing of the Bug Boom
Bedbugs have an inseparable connection with humans. Even though extensive use of pesticides like DDT eliminated the bugs from human life in the 1940s, they managed to resurface again. But, why? Have they gone immune to pesticides?
Issue Month : July Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE: 7
Sterilization
Insects like mosquitoes, screwworms and fruit flies have short lifecycle of 60-90 days, during which time they mature, reproduce and die. Early pest management is essential to curb their rapid population expansion. Sterilization is one such green technique to control pest infestation
Issue Month : August Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 6
Curbing Rodent Menace
New Delhi railway station is one of India’s most important railway stations. All Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express trains connecting the national capital to other cities originate/terminate here. Around 200,000 passengers use the station daily. In 2007, the responsibility of the Rodent Control Operations on ‘A’ class stations was given to the Medical Department of Railways. The department was in...
Issue Year : 2011 Issue Volume : VOL.:7 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 2
Clean India Show 2010
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Championing Cleanliness… “Why is the Show only for three days? You need to keep it open for a week.” This spontaneous reaction by Smt Sheila Dikshit, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, at the Clean India Show 2010 at NSIC Grounds, Okhla, set the pace for the three-day annual cleaning event. The very fact that
Issue Month : December Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 12
Non-toxic Pest Control for home and garden
Pesticides are toxic and, while often effective against pests, can be dangerous for your family and pets. Outdoors, sprayed pesticides might drift on a breeze and dust your vegetable garden or your neighbor’s yard. Indoors, pesticides can linger in the air, exposing the family to harmful chemicals. For these reasons, many people are turning to
Issue Month : December Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 12
Termite Prevention
Most termites live underground and could enter the house through bath traps, plumbing outlets, utility openings, duct work and construction joints. Over time the concrete slab beneath the house could crack or shrink away from the foundation wall, allowing termites living in the soil below to infest the wood above. Once they enter the house,
Issue Month : November Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 11
Bugging Resurgence
In recent years, bed bugs have made a comeback and are increasingly being encountered in homes, apartments, hotels, motels, dormitories, shelters and modes of transport. International travel has also contributed to the resurgence of bed bugs. Changes in modern pest control practice – and less effective bed bug pesticides – are other factors suspected for
Issue Month : October Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 10
Citizens Initiative against mosquitoes
The rainy season brings with it a deluge of mosquito related diseases like Malaria and Dengue in Mumbai. Despite the best efforts by the civic authorities, number of people die of monsoon related infections. Over the last four years, Pest Control (India) Pvt Ltd, as a part of its CSR policy has been taking a
Issue Month : September Issue Year : 2010 Issue Volume : VOL.: 6 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 9
