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Pest problems and remedy

Malaria, chickenguniya, typhoid, viral fever, skin disease,dengue, common cold flu, etc are all caused by pest like mosquito, bedbugs, lice, ants, cockroaches, rodents, fleas and mites.

Hence pest control is the most significant, yet neglected subject either on account of lack of awareness or lack of trust in the recommendation made by lay men in mushroomed pest control service companies.

The clogged drainage, garbage dumps, poor kitchen maintenance, stagnated water and cloudy weather are few causes for pest multiplication hence these points is to be kept in mind while treatment is carried out. The presence of pest is not hygienic as they are vectors carrying lot of communicable diseases.

Its time now people should be aware of pest control methods and the chemicals used, reason being many of them are carcinogenic which are used by lay men who does not have knowledge about these aspects.

People should not only look for pricing its must to go with a company having a entomologist with wide knowledge of chemicals used and the pest existing.

Technical person opinion is a must in pest control, who can suggest you the right chemical molecules used are totally different for each pest, apart from this it’s the dosage of active ingredient to be considered carefully when its used in human habitat.

DR. K. Pal Vannan

C.E.O

SUI BIO FOUNDATION

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