US EPA - New York City Board of Education's 1999 PESP Strategy Links to sites outside the U.S. EPA Web site are not an endorsement of the external site or its contents. Attainable goal is no use of hard pesticides. While we are currently using non-volatile wettable powder formulations, most of our technicians have all but abandoned the spray treatments and rely on our manifold bait mixtures for control. A formal statement limiting spray treatments as described above will put all of our technicians on the same page. I will track the amount of fogging materials used to guage the reduction.
Any pesticide is only as effective as the person who judiciously applied it.
If applied in this manner less material is necessary and far less is exposed. The continued reduction in amounts of materials used will reflect the success of proper training. You eventually pay for training whether you train or not. Activity Utilize HEPA vacuum cleaners with precise attachments for insect and particulate removal. This is a quick acting supplement to our baiting program which will fit into the asthma and allergen reduction arena.