Getting Rid Of Pests Is Expensive
As projected by an industrial insecticide official, the government’s most recent laws may make American consumers expend an additional $145 million dollars per year to regulate the presence of the powder post beetle, a very prevalent pest. The Environmental Protection Agency was hasty in its dispute of this claim, though, saying that government studies have shown that there are several effective alternative treatments that should be available at costs similar to current methods.
When the EPA decided to remove one particular pesticide brand from the market it made it much costlier to treat powder post beetle infestation, according to the vice president of a pest control company. This executive likened the beetle to the always hated termite and said that it can affect up to 140,000 homes every year. The previously used chemical was great, he noted, because it allowed the exterminator to spray the house once a year and then be able to guarantee that the home would be beetle free for a year or more. Now that the chemical operation that was both safe and effective has been banned, he goes on to say, only by fumigating the whole house can the problem be taken care of. Home Pest Control information is only a click away.
In order to do this, the customer will have to leave the home while it is filled with harsh chemical gases. The cost will also be a matter of much contention because the fumigation will run between $1000 and $2000, as opposed to the older treatment which was substantially less than a thousand dollars. The EPA seems unwilling to concede the point, though, and says that there is another chemical available that should work about as well as the previous treatment for a similar cost.Causing no damage to structure as does the termite, the powder post beetle offers only appearance problems, the spokesman further claimed, concerning this pest.
The chemical the EPA is trumpeting as an effective substitute for combating the powder post beetle is called pentachlorophenol and should be available for nearly the same price as the other chemical was.For this reason, the agency believes that there is no reason for the American consumer to worry about cost increases. The spokesman for the EPA even mentioned that the information that they used was actually obtained from pest control organizations and the maker of the recently banned chemical. As of right now the ban on the other chemical was a temporary trial period, and the EPA is now holding hearings to determine whether to make it forever.
Many pest control experts are still claiming that millions of uinnecessary dollars are going to be charged to consumers looking to rid their homes of these beetles. The owner of a well respected pest control company laments the banning of the chemical because he says his company has been successfully and safely using it for more than 30 years, but now they have little choice but to offer new and expensive fumigation services that are less attractive to their customers and are much more costly. He has also stated that the EPA came to their conclusion on the basis of inadequate information. The EPA has yet to reverse the decision which the company owner claims was obviously a mistake, and it may take several more years for the public hearings to finally come to an end.
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