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CIEH guidance for local authority charging

  • The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has issued guidance on charging for pest control services for local authorities. There is serious concern that more and more councils are deciding not to provide a pest control service and also that more councils are introducing charges for pest control services. The CIEH guidance states the issues that local authorities should take into account when considering whether to introduce charges or contract the service out. The guidance is available to download at NPAP Publications (www.cieh.org/policy/npap_publications.html)

Advion - Active Ingredient

  • It is not everyday that a new active ingredient comes onto the UK market, especially one that has proved to be such an effective product in the US! DuPont’s new Advion cockroach gel, launched at PestTech, has been formulated using the exciting new active ingredient indoxacarb Indoxacarb is based on a new class of chemistry. When it goes onto Annex 1 of the Biocidal Products Directive on 1st January next year, it will be the first new public health insecticide to achieve this status.

Advion - What are its advantages?

  • Advion cockroach gel bait offers many benefits and as studies show this unique formulation quickly attracts cockroaches, out-competing existing food sources. This novel gel has a high-consumption bait matrix and a potent non-repellent active ingredient. Not only has Advion been proven to be a very effective cockroach gel but DuPont’s research and expertise has enabled them to use this new active ingredient within formulations that can be classed as reduced risk.

Advion - So how does it work?

  • Indoxacarb is a member of the new oxadiazine class of insecticides that act by inhibiting sodium ion entry into nerve cells, resulting in the paralysis and death of target insect pests. When cockroaches are exposed to Advion, a three-step chain reaction is unleashed. It’s the third step that makes Advion so effective as this tertiary control kills 54 cockroaches for every one cockroach exposed - a number that best matches the average ratios of feeding males to the potential growth rate of the population. Killgerm Chemicals are proud to be sole distributors of Advion Cockroach Gel in the UK.

Killgerm Training Opens New Facilities

  • Attendees on Killgerm training courses, including the recent RSPH Level 2 in Pest Control, have been enjoying the brand new modern training facilities located next to the main Killgerm Group offices, on Wakefield Road in Ossett. Formally named the Flushdyke Suite, the new Killgerm Training facilities officially opened in August 2009 and have so far proved to be a very welcome upgrade.

    For information on Killgerm Training courses please contact Lisa Wales on 01924 268445 or email training@killgerm.com.

Robin Moss elected Fellow of the Society of Biology (FSB)

  • Our very own Technical Manager, Robin Moss has been proudly elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology, which awards him Chartered Biologist status and demonstrates a considerably high level of dedication and experience in biology.

    As the professional body for biologists, The Institute of Biology is committed to speaking out as the voice of British biology, representing members and the biology profession, promoting biosciences, enhancing the status of the profession and fostering public understanding of life sciences.

CIEH Guide to Good Composting Practice

  • There have been concerns from within the pest management industry that poor composting practice around domestic premises could potentially lead to an increased presence of rodents. Therefore, the National Pest Advisory Panel of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has produced a 4 page document outlining the essential steps necessary for effective composting without attracting rodents. Copies of the document are available to download at NPAP Publications.

Proposed EU Regulation Threatens Rodent Control Across Europe

  • A new regulation coming before the European Parliament's Environment Committee on 26-28 April threatens to remove all anticoagulant rodenticides from the market across the EU from 2013, preventing effective rat and mouse control in most situations.

    Clearly this would seriously increase risk to both public and animal health as well as raising particular dangers for the safety and quality of food not to mention the adverse impact on our environmental quality.

    The anticoagulant rodenticides currently supported under the EU Biocidal Products Directive are the essential foundation of rat and mouse control throughout Europe, accounting for an estimated 95% of current EU rodenticide use.

    Despite wide acceptance of the vital role anticoagulant rodenticides play in protecting human and animal health and the environment, the proposed text (Article 5.1) of the EU Commission's proposed Biocidal Product Regulation, could prevent their inclusion as 'active substances' in the definitive Annex 1 List, completely prohibiting their future use.

    This would be especially damaging given the fact that none of the very few available alternatives for Annex 1 inclusion provide anywhere near an equivalent level of control and all have significant practical or safety limitations to their use.

    Under these circumstances, it is essential the proposed new regulations do not exclude anticoagulant rodenticides from continued EU use.

    We would therefore ask you to write to your Member of the European Parliament, stating how important it is to retain the use of anticoagulants in rodent control as well as passing this message to all other stakeholders and influencers that you know.

    Approved by NPTA Management Board March 2010.