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How Pest Birds Can Affect Your Business
Birds hold such a unique position in the global ecosystem. They seed the earth with life-sustaining plants, dispose of carcasses and other road kill, control a variety of crop damaging pests, and they have so [...]
Commonly Overlooked Hotel Areas Where Pests May Be Lurking
Bed bugs being found on your property can dismantle your reputation as a hotelier and potentially ruin your operational future. In cases where a past problem with bed bugs is publicized, frequent travelers will often [...]
Defining Guidelines in Your Hospital’s IPM Strategy
What does it mean to be a hospital facility using integrated pest management (IPM)? The answer to this question could be any number of responses: setting action thresholds for the building’s pests, active documentation and [...]
Creating Standard Operating Procedures Around Pest Management for Food Processing Plants
“Old habits die hard” is a popular idiom one often uses to describe particularly annoying habits that never seem to go away despite best efforts: biting nails, smoking cigarettes, procrastination, etc. It’s understood that this [...]
Eliminating Mosquitoes – How to Prevent a Mosquito Invasion
As we recently uncovered, deterring mosquitoes in your own backyard can be a futile task. A massive infestation of uncontrollable mosquitoes, however, can also be a national emergency. Brazil continues to witness one of the [...]
FSMA and IPM: What It Means for Food Facilities
48 million Americans are affected each year by a foodborne illness, with over 3,000 of those cases resulting in death per the Centers for Disease Control. Back in 2011, it was realized that a food [...]