Nothing wrong with killing your own bugs. But, beware.
There is a national investigation in progress about illegal pesticides being sold over the internet and in stores.
One case recently involved a woman who bought an unlabeled bottom of something for killing fleas at her pet store. She tried to remember the instructions she was given. She "injected" the pesticide into her dogs mouth with the enclosed eye dropper. The dog fell dead. It was a legitimate pesticide she used but was found to be 5 times the concentration. It also was to be placed on the dogs neck and absorbed into its skin.
Last year Amazon paid several millions in fines for selling illegal pesticides from China.
- Be sure there is a label on the product.
- Be sure there is an EPA registration number on the label and it is clearly legible.
- Be sure you can read the label and that it's not in broken English.
There are many legitimate products sold over the internet although at inflated prices. There are also many bogus products claiming remedies for a large number of critters.
The most egregious examples I see are products for Bed Bugs. People will spend lots of money for stuff that doesn't work. Fact, bed bugs are resistant to almost all pesticides. It takes special techniques to get rid of these things. It's labor intensive and costs a lot of money. Diatomaceous Earth works well on some insects and not so well on others. The problem is people put out too much of it and thereby create a health hazard for themselves. If you can see what you put out, you put out too much.
Caveat emptor.
There is a national investigation in progress about illegal pesticides being sold over the internet and in stores.
One case recently involved a woman who bought an unlabeled bottom of something for killing fleas at her pet store. She tried to remember the instructions she was given. She "injected" the pesticide into her dogs mouth with the enclosed eye dropper. The dog fell dead. It was a legitimate pesticide she used but was found to be 5 times the concentration. It also was to be placed on the dogs neck and absorbed into its skin.
Last year Amazon paid several millions in fines for selling illegal pesticides from China.
- Be sure there is a label on the product.
- Be sure there is an EPA registration number on the label and it is clearly legible.
- Be sure you can read the label and that it's not in broken English.
There are many legitimate products sold over the internet although at inflated prices. There are also many bogus products claiming remedies for a large number of critters.
The most egregious examples I see are products for Bed Bugs. People will spend lots of money for stuff that doesn't work. Fact, bed bugs are resistant to almost all pesticides. It takes special techniques to get rid of these things. It's labor intensive and costs a lot of money. Diatomaceous Earth works well on some insects and not so well on others. The problem is people put out too much of it and thereby create a health hazard for themselves. If you can see what you put out, you put out too much.
Caveat emptor.
