After being chastised for being waaaaay off topic and outside the realm of pest control, I calmly corrected the former employee that it is Robert’s Rants. Not “Percy’s Perspective on Pesticides” . So who has boundaries? Not I said the little red Robbie. But actually, banning abortions is pest related, you just need to follow […]
Read More »After a lot of pressure and arguing and swearing between myself and an unnamed female higher up in the Association (kidding, but you know who you are), I relented on some points. The regional associations do a pretty good job of trying to meet your needs, and the needs of the support industries, “associate members” […]
Read More »So I’m certain by now you’ve all heard the news about the big neonic cancellation in the westerly coast city of Bancouver. Just that one little city, where if you step across the street into Burnaby or West Van or Surrey or wherever you can use neonics to your heart’s content. C’mon, I thought that […]
Read More »In my on-going assault on stupidity, and basically how to make a label an unusable document, let’s do some quick math on the correct label rate. So as you remember after using Dragnet for 25 years, the rate for permethrin is and always has been 0.5% solution. Except termites. And their label has said put […]
Read More »Okay, here’s the contest and it’s easy peasy as my Granddaughter says: The first person to accurately count the number of times “Toxic to Bees” appears on the NEW DRAGNET LABEL wins! Use the label on the PMRA label search, dated last August. Simply email me with your guess…I mean count…to rpercy@gardexinc.com. I’ll give you […]
Read More »You read it here first, there is someone actually working at the PMRA and approving new products! Maybe the cleaning staff stole a rubber stamp and is having some fun? Or they finally figured the best way to get something off their desk is to approve it? No matter the reason, it’s a welcome breath […]
Read More »Well I got that one wrong. Pet Control is an essential service, and you can keep going like always. Except there may not be anyone to answer the door. I was thinking the Feds and Provinces would come up with the logical list to reduce COVID-19 exposure. That was my first mistake, trusting the […]
Read More »The US PCO Industry has successfully petitioned to get pest control services noted as an essential service. Through the NPMA? I’ll need to investigate more. But the point of this wasn’t to help the general good in the COVID fight, it’s mainly to keep a revenue stream. But are you ready to forego charges for […]
Read More »If your not aware or haven’t had the good fortune of a visit, the Regional PMRA enforcement officers are doing on-site inspections at each PCO place of business. This isn’t really a bad thing, hell we get inspected by 5 or 6 different gun-toting, ticket writing folk all the time. Keeps everyone on our toes […]
Read More »As usual I have to preface this Rant that I am not advocating anything relating to using a chemical out side of the rules and regulations set forth by the government. When we are forced to put Pictograms on labels for the reading challenged, will it turn out to be 345 pages so we can […]
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