Studies of inner-city children in Atlanta with chronic wheezing, runny eyes and noses revealed that 44 percent were allergic to cockroaches. Rodents are responsible for, or implicated in, the spread of numerous diseases, including hantavirus, plague, acute food poisoning, rat-bite fever and typhus. Cockroaches transmit a variety of digestive tract disorders, including food poisoning, dysentery and diarrhea. Mosquitoes are prime carriers of several types of encephalitis, a devastating illness that attacks the central nervous system of humans. Despite the health risks, many Americans still fear the use of specialty pesticides to control pests.
Experts say the general pubic doesn t understand the relationship between benefits and risks.
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