| Pest problems can be annoying and dangerous. | | | | The building to be fumigated is first completely |
| Whether its ants in your cupboards, or rats in the roof | | | | covered with large tarpaulins or 'tents'. The fumigant is |
| of your house, you may need to call a pest control | | | | then released inside the building. The building will remain |
| services company to eliminate the problem. When | | | | covered for a certain period of time. This allows the |
| pests take over business premises such as | | | | fumigant to penetrate all areas and kill the pests. |
| restaurants or food storage companies, they can be a | | | | After this, the building is ventilated so that the poison |
| health hazard. In such cases, pest fumigation may be | | | | can disperse. It will then be safe for humans to |
| the only solution. | | | | re-enter the premises. The reason for the tarpaulins is |
| Cockroaches are common culprits, and they are not | | | | to prevent the fumigant escaping and causing potential |
| fussy about what habitat they encroach upon. | | | | harm to neighbouring people / buildings. The pest |
| Apparently, there is only one type of food that a | | | | fumigation process can take up to a week to |
| cockroach will not eat. It's cucumber! Everything else is | | | | complete, depending on the level of infestation and the |
| on the menu. Cockroaches are found in homes and | | | | size of the building. |
| businesses, and they are a real menace. They crawl in, | | | | Methyl bromide was the most commonly used |
| fly in, eat anything and everything they can find and, of | | | | fumigant until it was banned because it harms the |
| course, they breed. | | | | ozone layer. Present day fumigants include phosphine, |
| Cockroaches, if left unchecked, can cause health | | | | chloropicrin, hydrogen cyanide, methyl isocyanate, |
| problems to humans. Food poisoning has also been | | | | iodoform, sulfuryl fluoride, and iodoform. A popular |
| linked to pest infestations, particularly cockroaches. | | | | choice among many pest control services is sulfuryl |
| They secrete allergens which can be very dangerous | | | | fluoride. |
| for people who suffer with respiratory problems. | | | | Sulfuryl fluoride has the ability to kill pests at any stage |
| There are however other pests that cause destruction | | | | of their lives, including eggs. It does not harm the ozone |
| in a home or business premises. These include fleas, | | | | layer and it is not associated with the dangers of |
| bees, wasps, bed bugs, spiders, rodents and termites. If | | | | phosphine. Sulfuryl fluoride is used widely as a pest |
| the pest control company cannot solve the problem | | | | fumigant to control dry wood termites that thrive in |
| with chemical sprays, pest fumigation may be | | | | warm climates. It is also effective for the eradication of |
| recommended. | | | | bark beetles, powder post beetles, rodents and bed |
| Pest fumigation is a pest control method that fills an | | | | bugs. |
| entire building with fumigants that will either poison or | | | | Pest fumigation is a dangerous operation. It must be |
| suffocate the pests inside. It is often the only way to | | | | carried out by competent personnel or registered pest |
| get rid of termites and wood boring insects that are | | | | control companies that are in possession of the |
| causing extensive damage to wooden areas in a | | | | correct certification that allows them to perform pest |
| home or factory. | | | | fumigation operations. |