PelGar’s Coronavirus Policy

PelGar’s Coronavirus Policy

Pest control is an essential service to public health and pest problems will continue regardless of the increasing human isolation strategies globally. We anticipate that many pests will flourish as a direct result of decreased human activity in and around buildings....
Storms will drive displaced pests into human areas

Storms will drive displaced pests into human areas

With the back-to-back battering of two storm fronts resulting in widespread flooding across the UK it is appropriate to speculate what effects this will have on British wildlife, both non-pest and pest alike. Commenting on the likely impact of these recent storms,...
PelGar’s Coronavirus Policy

Tetramethrin reclassification

From 1st May 2020 all products containing ≥1.0% tetramethrin will be classed as category 2 carcinogens and must carry the H351 statement ‘Suspected of causing cancer’. For PelGar this includes its leading insecticides Cimetrol Super EW and Alphaban Super. However,...
The unnatural selection of pests

The unnatural selection of pests

Throughout the world animals and plants are constantly evolving and adapting to the pressures placed on them by their environments. But what happens when the pressures exerted on a population of animals are not natural?  What happens when that pressure is us?  And...
Reprotoxins and pest control

Reprotoxins and pest control

New rules restricting the use of higher concentration second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides need not prevent professional pest controllers from carrying out their work effectively, reports Alex Wade, Technical Manager at PelGar International. Historically...
A world without pesticides?

A world without pesticides?

The pest control industry has evolved beyond the wanton destruction of pests at all costs.  Sandy MacKay, Technical Lead and Alex Wade, Technical Manager at PelGar International, seek to explain what makes an animal a pest, and consider whether there is still a place...