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2. Rats in New York City - Wikipedia

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   New York City rodent complaints can be made online, [57] by filling out the New York City Rodent Complaint Form, [58] or by dialing 3-1-1. [59] The New York City guide Preventing Rats on Your Property discusses how the NYC Health Department, through its Pest Control Services program, inspects private and public properties for rats.

3. Bed bug - Wikipedia

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   The number of reported incidents in New York City alone rose from 500 in 2004 to 10,000 in 2009. [52] In 2013 Chicago was listed as the US city with most bedbug infestation. [53] In response the Chicago City Council passed a bed bug control ordinance to limit spread. Additionally, bed bugs are reaching places in which they never established ...

4. Biological pest control - Wikipedia

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   Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms. It relies on predation , parasitism , herbivory , or other natural mechanisms, but typically also involves an active human management role.

5. Fumigation - Wikipedia

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   Fumigation is a method of pest control or the removal of harmful microorganisms by completely filling an area with gaseous pesticides, or fumigants, to suffocate or poison the pests within. It is used to control pests in buildings (structural fumigation), soil, grain, and produce.

6. Bed bug control techniques - Wikipedia

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   New York City bed bugs have been found to be 264 times more resistant to deltamethrin than Florida bed bugs due to mutations and evolution. Products developed in the mid 2010s combine neonicotinoids with pyrethroids, but according to a January 2016 survey published by the Journal of Medical Entomology , bed bug resistance in two major US cities ...

7. Orkin - Wikipedia

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   Orkin is an American pest control company that was founded in 1901 by Otto Orkin. Since 1964, the company has been owned by Rollins Inc. Orkin has held research collaborations with universities around the country and with organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dating back to 1990 for pest biology research and pest-related disease studies.