It’s the bane of the Industry, at least in pest management, when some big company decides to buy out a well oiled, profitable little company and then manages to loose all customer focus and sales in about 2 years time. Suppliers, PCO’s alike. Suppliers are the best, prime example is BASF destroying the Whitmire legacy […]
Read More »Here’s a prime example of an on-going PROBLEM in our federal registration process, and with the supplier industry to some extent. On the label, and rightly so, are statements explaining WHERE you can use a pesticide, and on WHAT pest, and at the correct RATE. Easy Peesy as my granddaughter would say. Au contraire.. A […]
Read More »Okay….so maybe this is a sore spot. The rules, laws, regulations blah blah blah set up around WHMIS 2015, SDS versus MSDS, Global Harmonization and expiry dates are not confusing at all, if you have the 17 days, 4hours and 37 minutes to read them. BUT… This is actually something that makes sense. I want […]
Read More »I’m inserting a section of the Product Re-evaluation Document specifically covering Demand CS . The PMRA is proposing elimination of all indoor residential uses of the product. “The following postapplication scenarios were assessed: application for bedbugs, band and spot application, and crack and crevice application. Both cancer and non-cancer risks of concern were identified for […]
Read More »I haven’t picked on Ottawa lately…creating some resistant super bugs by reducing classes of chemistry, allowing the consumer to buy whatever they want off a shelf, increase allergies and illness and downtime at work to keep the weeds happy. Ahhh…those were some rants! All for the sake of keeping everyone 100% “unexposed”. Ideological…but have they […]
Read More »I haven’t written in a while…just not much happening…. But I did just back from the 2014 NPMA (National Pest Management Association) held down in Mickey Mouse land in Florida. Well attended from what I could tell, but with the location half were there on business and half on vacation. Spent 3 days tromping the […]
Read More »Since this continues to raise it’s ugly head, I’ve decided it best to have the Ultimate list of all Tier 2 Bait Stations registered in Canada: Here it is: Nothing? Let’s Try Again: Still Nothing Hmmmmmmm….does that mean there really isn’t one? Correct! There is no Tier 2 bait station approved in Canada.
Read More »Since this continues to raise it’s ugly head, I’ve decided it best to have the Ultimate list of all Tier 1 Bait Stations registered in Canada: Here it is: Nothing? Let’s Try Again: Still Nothing Hmmmmmmm….does that mean there really isn’t one? Correct! There is no Tier 1 bait station approved in Canada.
Read More »As the jobs really start rolling in, I hope you did a serious breakdown of your costs, and are charging your customers appropriately. You’re 2 biggest line item expenses have all gone up… Labor…vehicles/fuel… Did anyone cut their technicians wages? Nah Drive less or buy gas cheaper? Nah I bet your insurance is way down????? […]
Read More »The PMRA has started the re-evaluation of pyrethrin and all classes of pyrethroids. Normal course of the re-evaluation process that all pesticides must go through. Plus have thrown in the Synergists (PBO and MGK 264) for good measure. Of course no one can buy or use these unless already in a product formulation. But imagine […]
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