A fumigated house turned out to be a toxic gas chamber for an 8-year-old girl, who passed away in the hospital. Doctors suspect that the family could have inhaled toxic fumes left behind by tick pesticides used for cleaning. Pesticides are commonly used to control bollworms, caterpillars, leaf-miners, and other insects in cotton, paddy, oilseeds, and other plantation crops. Following pest control, the men closed all ventilation points in the house. The owner of the house has been taken into custody for causing death by negligence as the rooms were not ventilated properly after the cleaning.
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Need of pest control
Pest control is necessary because rodents and insects carry diseases, infest your kitchens and bedrooms, and bite you or your pets. The purpose of removing any kind of pest from your home, garage, or yard is to keep you safe and healthy.
For example, rodents can leave faece on or near food they find in your kitchen. If you accidentally eat contaminated food, you can become very ill. Pests of all stripes carry tough viruses and bacteria that require long-term treatment. Others can make existing medical conditions like asthma even worse. Pests like mice, cockroaches and others can make a nest in your home before you know they are there.
All it takes is one or two to start a colony. Then, within a matter of hours or days, they’ve made themselves comfortable and expect you to pay the bill with your health and your safety.
Effect of Pesticides on our health
Pesticides are poisons and, unfortunately, they can harm more than just the “pests” at which they are targeted. They are toxic, and exposure to pesticides can cause a number of health effects. The short-term acute adverse effects of pesticide exposure on human health are stinging eyes, rashes, blisters, skin irritations, blindness, nausea, dizziness, chest pain, weakness, cough, skin irritation, and diarrhoea.
In the long run, chronic effects like cancers, birth defects, reproductive harm, immuno-toxicity, neurological and developmental toxicity, and disruption of the endocrine system.
How to keep pest away
- Keep the kitchen and bathroom clean.
- Do not allow water to stand
- Don’t keep fruits and vegetables out for long.
- Dispose of garbage regularly.
- Use Steel & Stainless steel products in your kitchen and bathroom.
You must also understand that steel cabinets do not attract pests. Growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi are highly possible in the wooden boards used presently in Indian kitchens as they have a content of cellulose that attracts ants, cockroaches, bugs which eventually destroys wooden carpentry and adversely affects human health.
But steel and stainless steel cabinets are Hygienic, Pest Free, Water resistive, Fireproof, Noise Free and have a longer life than the wooden cabinets.
Conclusion
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