Roach killin in the good ild days

摘要

By taking a took back at "where we've been" in the structural pest management industry, we can often gain insight as to where we may be headed. In the case of cockroach control, we should be consistent practitioners of Integrated Pest Management as well as continually educating ourselves and our clients. When I was growing up, I always liked hearing my father or uncle tell me about pest control in the "good old days" of the 1940s, 50s and 60s. I loved hearing all of their stories — like the time they were killing American cockroaches in the basement of a huge knitting mill with phosphorus paste bait and how when they stomped on the dead or dying roaches a puff of smoke came out. (Please note that I don't know a fact how accurate this state was. However, I definitely thought that it was a cool story. I always wished I could get my hands on some of that phosphorus bait to see if cockroaches really would smoke when stomped!).