By Jeff Weier To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Through my years in the industry, I have heard countless people talk about being bitten by spiders. But how often does this actually occur? Recently, I decided to find out. My instinct was that spiders don’t bite people all that [...]
By Matt Frye To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Pest management in the 21st century is based on the premise that unwanted organisms can be excluded or eliminated from our living and working spaces. Pests, like all living organisms, require food, water and shelter to survive. Remove those conditions, [...]
By Christian Wilcox To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Years ago, our industry didn’t experience public health issues involving pests the way it does today — especially not to the magnitude and geographic specificity we currently deal with. These nuisance pests have demanded a new set of responsibilities for [...]
By John Cooksey To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Now that it is June, fly season is in full swing all around the United States. Large and small flies can be the most irritating pests to your customers and sometimes the most difficult to manage. When fly populations get [...]
By Larry C. Motes To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Recent changes to several pesticide labels have been enacted to protect the environment, but will these changes have unintended negative consequences to public health? With the economic conditions we have endured the past four years, consumers’ demands for lower [...]
By Dr. Kathy Heinsohn To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. We seldom hear of German cockroach infestations as much as we did in the past. Bed bugs have pretty much stolen the pest management headlines! However, commercial kitchens and inner-city apartment dwellings continue to suffer from large German cockroach infestations. In [...]
By Brad Baker To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. How do we make the most “green” application to the inside of a home or business? If that question seems strange to you, it may be because you don’t get into the “green” thing. Even if your company does not [...]
Everyone knows the old joke in which a restaurant diner asks, "Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup?" But considering the regulatory, health, and customer relations nightmares flies can cause, flies are no laughing matter to anyone whose job is to ensure food safety. Populations of houseflies and some other flies reach peak levels in late summer, so [...]
Menomonee Falls, WI – March 2, 2012 – Gina McElgunn, VP Supply Chain Quality for Pepsi Beverages Company, shared the Pepsi strategy for brand protection with pest management professionals at Copesan’s annual Conference in San Diego last month as the keynote speaker. McElgunn, a long-time Pepsi leader and Quality Assurance expert, addressed the importance of working together in [...]
By Dr. Gerry Wegner, BCE To view this article as it appeared in PCT magazine, please click here. Typically, older commercial buildings have flat roofs comprised of some combination of wood (decking) and metal, covered with rubber, tar and gravel. Such roofs are penetrated by drains, stacks, ventilators, utility lines and access hatches. Usually the roof [...]