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Unwanted visitors... one of Mother Nature's little drawbacks. You don't have to live with them, you can control them with regular pest control service. Defend Your Investment! Every year 1 in 30 homes is infected with termites, costing an average home around $3000 in repairs and those costs are NOT covered in most home owner insurance policies. Pest Control service is the best way to keep pests out of your home. It acts like a shield around your property, protecting your family from pests that thrive in your neighborhood.
Often we react to seeing weeds or pests by immediately applying chemicals, or even apply chemicals as prevention. Exposure to pesticides has been linked to a long list of diseases and health problems: Parkinson’s, infertility, cancer, birth defects, encephalitis, and lymphoma, just to name a few. Another problem is that the law does not require companies to test lawn pesticides with the same standards as pesticides used on commercially-grown food. Many of these contact hidden "inert ingredients" that have never been tested for possible harm. The Center for Disease Control has documented cases of farm worker illness after exposure to pesticides.
In addition to the harm they can do to us humans, pesticides contaminate the air, water, soil, plants, and animals around us. For example, many studies have proven that pesticides harm honeybees, butterflies, ladybugs (which eat lots of other pests), and fish, and that lawn chemicals seep into the water table.
Besides that, they can be expensive! Learning to combat pests without chemicals is a great way to help your health and that of your neighbors and the environment. An important thing to consider is that healthy organic soil is an easy way to reduce pests in the first place. Plants tend to thrive in an organically rich environment, which helps them fight off pests on their own. If you don't already have one or more compost bins for composting at home, get one. It also wouldn't hurt to have a compost pail to keep near the kitchen sink to collect vegetable scraps conveniently.
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