tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post4244088035942865691..comments2024-03-22T10:01:39.458-04:00Comments on Paradigms and Demographics: Sub-Prime Pest ControlRich Kozlovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13745960671409518147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-11167637816112267282008-10-19T15:14:00.000-04:002008-10-19T15:14:00.000-04:00Especially when a study came out showing that ther...<I>Especially when a study came out showing that there was no redlining, that in fact these people were denied these loans because they were bad credit risks.</I><BR/><BR/>What study was that? Can you tell me who wrote it, and where I can find a copy?Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-67950509408831859582008-10-10T09:34:00.000-04:002008-10-10T09:34:00.000-04:00Rick, thank you for reposting my comment in its' o...Rick, thank you for reposting my comment in its' original form.<BR/><BR/>If you are going to the NPMA convention, I would be happy to discuss these issues more with you. <BR/><BR/>Here are just a few examples I have experienced:<BR/>My very first exposure in the industry was with a man who came to my house to do a gopher fumigation in our back yard. He did not have a license to do landscape gopher work! As things turned out, I bought the company from him. I didn't realize the remifications of the practices of the former owner until I tried to expand the business and the former owner told me I couldn't report my chemical usage to the state because our gopher applications were not approved! To solve the problem I had to hire a landscape operator until I got my own landscape operator license.<BR/><BR/>Another example was finding Delta-Dust totally engulfing a kitchen countertop.<BR/>I hear of technicians who use Termidor to treat bees. The EPA has mounds of documented evidence of pesticides in our water and evidence that it is killing off marine life. It is a known fact on our chemical labels that most pesticides are highly toxic to aquatic life. There is so much that can and is reported.<BR/><BR/>We really should do our best to get on board with the environmental movement. As I mentioned, Hearts Pest Management is an EcoWise Certified company and there is nothing in our certification that states we can not use pesticides. No reasonable government will ever elliminate the use of pesticides as it could lead to uncontrollable epidemics, but we who use pesticides should be concerned about using them in a way that develops resistance in insect species, such as we have now with cockroaches.Organic Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043346668368929617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556326304729519232.post-72426050865673508592008-09-20T22:57:00.000-04:002008-09-20T22:57:00.000-04:00Rick, I think you are dead wrong.Blasting those wh...Rick, I think you are dead wrong.<BR/>Blasting those who seek to prevent environmental damage takes us back decades. I don't know why you bring up the issue of redlining. It really sounds like you are attached to an all-out right wing agenda, ranting about the change for the positive that America has experienced. Do you want to go back to gas guzzling polluting cars and free reign for smokers. I like to breath clean air and I never enjoyed the awful smell of cigarettes on my clothing.<BR/>Anyway, getting back to pest control, I have a pest control company in southern California, Hearts Pest Management (www.heartspm.com), that is EcoWise Certified. We are very proud of this designation. We have been proud to help PCOC and NPMA move forward with green pest control alternatives. This movement is more a mentality than a dictate about how to do pest control. I have seen plenty of over application, needless applications and sloppy applications of pesticide that endangers people. The new green approach simply provides a balance to an industry and frankly the average citizen that without conscience dispensed pesticides in a manner that endangered our waterways and airways. You know it, so don't deny it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com