Daily we break records for usage levels of pesticides and synthetic chemicals, yet the pests persist at the same level as before the explosion of pesticides about 50 years ago. As each synthetic pesticide is banned a new one is produced by Industry to take its place. The pests become even more resistant and the cycle goes around again. In the same 50 year period the use of synthetic chemicals and pesticides exploded, with an estimated 75,000 new synthetic chemicals introduced. We must ask ourselves if the trade-offs for the use of these toxic chemicals is worth it.
Money is the reason.
Prevention is not profitable in the sense that industry's mind is set on. It doesn't fit their paradigm of a healthy business being able to profit on both the cause and the cure at the same time. Pregnant mothers, possibly with other infants, are frequently present at schools. Children, because of their small body size, receive greater lung and skin exposure to chemicals present on floors, carpet, grass, or dirt. Pesticides are how most schools contend with cockroaches and ants in cafeterias, classrooms, and offices, and rodents in waste storage areas and overgrown brush and weeds outdoors.