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2. Electronic pest control - Wikipedia

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   Electronic pest control is the name given to any of several types of electrically powered devices designed to repel or eliminate pests, usually rodents or insects. Since these devices are not regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in the United States, the EPA does not require the same kind of efficacy testing that it does for chemical pesticides.

3. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

4. Nuisance wildlife management - Wikipedia

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   For example, peer-reviewed publications have consistently shown that ultrasonic devices do not drive unwanted animals away. [citation needed] Second, even when the repellent has been shown to work, animals in dire need of food will "hold their nose" and eat anyway because the alternative is essentially death by starvation. Repellents are most ...

5. Household Products That Are a Complete Waste of Money

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   Ultrasonic Pest Repellents Price: $18 and up Plug-in rodent and insect repellents claim to blast pests with intolerable invisible currents that drive away mice and bugs.

6. Animal repellent - Wikipedia

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   Repellents of this kind for domestic cats and dogs include ultrasonic devices which emit a high-frequency noise that does not affect humans. These types of non-chemical repellents are controversial, both because their effectiveness varies from animal to animal and because there have been few scientific studies conducted to prove that they work.

7. Why do cockroaches go inside California homes during the ...

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   On the contrary, cockroaches tend to go into people’s homes because they’re looking for water, said Lynn Kimsey, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. “They just happen to make a ...