In my state professional pest control companies are not allowed to use the word safe in their advertising but many of them still do. partly because the state who regulates the industry never seems to crack down on any of these outfits but mostly because everybody want to feel SAFE when it comes to chemical usage. The ending of words like pesticide, rodenticide or herbicide all have one common link, the ending 'cide.' Cide means 'to kill' and for that reason the word safe has been deemed not appropriate for consumers to hear when looking at pest control companies advertising literature.
Safe chemical application may not be legally possible but safer treatments are. The technician today is so much better equipped to apply products with pin point accuracy and they are trained over and over again on these core tenants. Chemicals also are more specialized and may have very little if any mammalian toxicity because they might only disrupt one function that is specific to insects only. The combination of better and frequent training and lower toxicity chemicals at the very least gives you the safest scenario you can have.
As stated, training is the key and states now mandate updated learning that can be documented to include safety training. For the most part this concerns the personal safety of the operator but also the well being of the consumer. Knowing how and where to put a pesticide product in and around your home is great when it comes to killing bugs but then to add to that certain parameters to keep the customer from undue harm and you have a valuable asset in that technician.
The label is the prime directive for the use, mixing and areas that any product can be used. It's often said that "the label is the law" and that is true to fact. using a product for an insect that is not listed or prohibited is a violation of the label and as such carries the weight of the law behind it. While some labels are strict and black and white, most allow for the discretion of the applicator and that is why you would want the most highly trained personnel in your home applying pesticides.
Common sense is not so common anymore and that is not helped by the fact that some pesticide labels are fuzzy in how they instruct you to apply. Proper training and knowledge applied will help ensure safety for everyone when it comes to pesticide application.
Safe chemical application may not be legally possible but safer treatments are. The technician today is so much better equipped to apply products with pin point accuracy and they are trained over and over again on these core tenants. Chemicals also are more specialized and may have very little if any mammalian toxicity because they might only disrupt one function that is specific to insects only. The combination of better and frequent training and lower toxicity chemicals at the very least gives you the safest scenario you can have.
As stated, training is the key and states now mandate updated learning that can be documented to include safety training. For the most part this concerns the personal safety of the operator but also the well being of the consumer. Knowing how and where to put a pesticide product in and around your home is great when it comes to killing bugs but then to add to that certain parameters to keep the customer from undue harm and you have a valuable asset in that technician.
The label is the prime directive for the use, mixing and areas that any product can be used. It's often said that "the label is the law" and that is true to fact. using a product for an insect that is not listed or prohibited is a violation of the label and as such carries the weight of the law behind it. While some labels are strict and black and white, most allow for the discretion of the applicator and that is why you would want the most highly trained personnel in your home applying pesticides.
Common sense is not so common anymore and that is not helped by the fact that some pesticide labels are fuzzy in how they instruct you to apply. Proper training and knowledge applied will help ensure safety for everyone when it comes to pesticide application.
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