To: bovik@cs.cmu.edu
Subject: exterminators
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 94 19:14:59 -0400
Message-ID: <301.771981299@WIZARD.OZ.CS.CMU.EDU>
From: Joseph_Bates@WIZARD.OZ.CS.CMU.EDU

Hi Harry.

I've been investigating how to control household insects.
After searching various databases, reading JAMA, Lancet,
etc., and getting advice via bboards, I'd like to recommend
a book to other folks:

        "Pest Control for Home and Garden"
        Michael Hansen
        Consumer Reports Books
        1993
        rTX325.h25

This was the best overall source for me.  It describes a wide
range of chemicals and other approaches for many kinds of insects,
and explains advantages and dangers of the chemicals and approaches.
They recommend using chemicals as a last resort, and suggest other
options.

The exterminators I've called use various organophosphate compounds,
which are popular, but perhaps dangerous.  I'm not yet sure if anyone
will use pyrethrin based insecticide instead, but my current plan is
to use those.

The book is on reserve on the third floor of the main branch of the
Carnegie Library.  I am told there is a copy in the Squirrel Hill
branch that can be borrowed.

Joe