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2. Electronic pest control - Wikipedia

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   Electronic pest control is the name given to any of several types of electrically powered devices designed to repel or eliminate pests, usually rodents or insects. Since these devices are not regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in the United States, the EPA does not require the same kind of efficacy testing that it does for chemical pesticides.

3. Bug zapper - Wikipedia

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   Research has shown that when insects are electrocuted, bug zappers can spread a mist containing insect parts up to about 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) from the device. The air around the bug zapper can become contaminated by bacteria and viruses that can be inhaled by, or settle on the food of people in the immediate vicinity. [7] [8] [9]

4. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod-bourne) diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, dengue fever, bubonic plague, river blindness, and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors for disease include insects such as flea, fly, and mosquito; and ticks (arachnids). [citation ...

5. Eight ways to repel insects without bug spray - AOL

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   Bug netting may be your best non-chemical defense for flying insects, especially in areas where the bugs are relentless. (Pixabay/) They don’t have to be expensive and they won’t be pretty.

6. Raid (insecticide) - Wikipedia

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   As of 2019 Raid Ant & Roach Killer contains pyrethroids, imiprothrin, and cypermethrin; [3] other products contain tetramethrin and prallethrin as active ingredients. [4] Raid Flying Insect Killer, a spray, uses piperonyl butoxide and D-phenothrin. [5] The brand was sold as Ridsect for Malaysian market.

7. Chlordane - Wikipedia

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   In the years 1948–1988 chlordane was a common pesticide for corn and citrus crops, as well as a method of home termite control. [6] Pathways of exposure to chlordane include ingestion of crops grown in chlordane-contaminated soil, inhalation of air in chlordane-treated homes and from landfills, and ingestion of high-fat foods such as meat ...