Fumigating Your Way to Health, Wealth - By Stanley Opara
The prevalence of all kinds of insects, reptiles and mammals in public open drains and other hidden places means that there
is the need for a proactive approach to controling them.
This is what creates business opportunities for environmental experts.
Kazim says that even though pests have relatively short life spans, the damages they are capable of causing may take a longer
time to redress.
For instance, domestic rats can live for 24-28 weeks, but have the capacity to reproduce at least 25-28 rats within the same
period.
Also, bedbugs can live for four to six weeks but have the capacity to produce at least 56 eggs each.�€
According to him, fumigation has gone professional considering the peculiar treatment to particular cases of pest invasion.
In costing a pest control contract, factors to bear in mind include the type of pest, the duration of the problem, the
location, the human occupants and so on.
The Pest Control Association of Nigeria is the regulatory body of practitioners.
Recommendation from the body is important in ascertaining the credibility of practitioners owing to the high number of
quacks in the market,�€ he says.
The environmental expert says fumigation has taken a different dimension lately as occupants of the residence to be fumigated
can return to their apartment after four hours.
This is an improvement on what used to be the case when a whole day�€™s break is required.
A good fumigation ingredient controls pest as well as odour. You cannot completely address the situation until you contact
an expert,�€ Kazim says.
Speaking on the health implications of hosting pest such as cockroaches, bedbugs, rats, mosquitoes, flies, centipedes and
other ants, he says some abnormal diseases can be contacted.
That is, apart from the discomfort they pose.
The level of children mortality and infections, he notes, can be traced to some damages caused by these pests.
Imagine the implication of cases when mosquitoes or bedbugs bite a sleeping baby; a baby having cockroaches or rats hovering
around him or her; or even having a child pick a cockroach into his mouth. It happens.�€
He adds, Locations like the prisons, hospitals, health centres, police stations, among others, are some places that also
need attention.
Private individuals could take up the challenge of providing services in these areas. The government can also provide the
orientation needed for people to effectively fumigate their environment to make Nigerians wealthier and healthier.�€
- Culled From Punch
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