Mission Hills, CA (PRWEB) August 01, 2014

Susan Fries a.k.a The Termite Lady has been around the pest control business for over thirty years. Inspired and motivated by her son who suffered from symptoms of chronic asthma, Sue Fries approached the pest management industry like only a mother would by providing effective non-chemical alternatives. In what might sound like a page out of a sci-fi novel, her company, Ecola Termite and Pest Control Management, utilizes alternative methods like Ecola HEAT (TM), the Electro-Gun and microwave technology to rid her customers homes of termites and other pesky pests. And, although many national companies successfully use alternative methods for controlling termites, Sue Fries and ECOLA Termite and Pest consider themselves to be The Alternative Methods Specialists. By using a combination of treatment techniques Ecola believes that they can be more effective in controlling termites in most structures with the least amount of chemicals in our environment.

Susan Fries summarizes Ecolas approach in four easy steps: smart choice, simple solutions, problem solved, mother approved. As simple as that customers are provided with a variety of options for controlling their pest issues, in simple terms that anyone can understand, pests are eliminated and customers with children, pets or chemical sensitivities can rest easy knowing that Ecola has utilized the most effective alternative solutions available.

As an accomplished author, Ms. Fries in her new book, Learning to Breathe (http://suefries.com/book/), uncovers her familys heart-felt journey caring for her son who suffered from asthma, a chronic and life-threatening disease. Determined not to become a victim, Sue sought out to learn everything she could about the causes of and the prevention for suspected indoor allergens all associated with asthmatic conditions. Not only does the book provide insight into the causes and prevention of the disease, but it supports other parents with the wisdom, passion and faith to save the lives of their own children. As a new author Susan Fries states that she was ecstatic to receive an honorable mention in the 2014 San Francisco Book Festival for Learning to Breathe.

In addition to running Southern Californias leading alternative termite and pest control company, authoring a book what more could possibly fill Susans schedule? The Sue Fries show airs weekly in the San Diego, Los Angeles and Central California radio markets where Ms. Fries tackles the pursuit of passion, purpose and connection with her own life stories, analogies and those of her frequent live guests. Podcasts are available at http://www.SUEFRIES.com. What more? Susan also competes as a professional dancer and recently filmed an Ecola Termite and Pest Control commercial paying homage to her other profession, http://youtu.be/4sZm6m0d6TM.

Ecola Termite and Pest Control is a charitable organization led by the giving spirit of its owner. Ecola is a proud partner of the Los Angeles Community Outreach Center, Cloud & Fire, Union Rescue Mission and Hope Gardens. Not only is Ecola an active participant in your community, but it initiates proactive opportunities for others who have made a strong impact. This giving spirit is exemplified by Ecolas recent Pastor Appreciation Giveaway, where Ecola gifted a pest control service to a well-deserving pastor. ECOLA aims to help your community, one home at a time.

What makes Ecola Termite and Pest Control a special organization? Sue Fries states it best, Ecola is your best choice for family and environmentally friendly alternative treatments. Let us be your 1st choice or your second opinion!

ECOLA SERVICES, INC. is licensed by the Structural Pest Control Board of California, a division of the Department of Consumer Affairs, by ETEX LTD., the manufacturer of the Electro-Gun equipment and by TPE for the ECOLA Heat treatment process. ECOLA SERVICES, INC. is fully bonded and insured.

Ecola Termite and Pest Control can be reached at (800)332-BUGS or http://www.ecolatermite.com. For more information regarding Susan Fries or the Sue Fries Show, please visit suefries.com.

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* Borage. Deters hornworms and cabbage worms and can be used as an herb for teas, tinctures and leafy green recipes.

* Chrysanthemums. They contain pyrethin, which is toxic to insects but safe for human and animal consumption. You can also make a tea from the flowers and use it on root nematodes and to repel Japanese beetles.

* Clover. Use it around cabbage to prevent cabbageworm and aphids from taking hold.

* Lavender. Used to repel fleas, moths, mosquitoes and other common pests. Its also pretty and is used in everything from potpourri to tea and baked goods to frosting. And it smells good.

* Marigolds. Use the scented varieties of marigolds to deter pests. The French Marigold variety, for example, is recommended for keeping whiteflies away from tomatoes, and marigolds also protect the health of the soil under the plants.

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New Savior Pest Control Commercial
Finally we have a new commercial, web site and Facebook page. http://www.saviorpestcontrol.com . http://www.facebook.com/saviortpc.

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West Chester, PA (PRWEB) July 31, 2014

Warmer weather is finally here and Philadelphia tri-state area residents are no doubt spending more time outdoors at Delaware and New Jersey beaches and Pennsylvania lakes and rivers. However, with increased outdoor activity, the public is at risk of becoming a meal for the deadliest animal in the world the mosquito. As such, Green Pest Solutions and Green Lawn Fertilizing, a pest and lawn care management company servicing the Philadelphia tri-state area, is urging the public to take preventative measures to protect themselves and their families from lethal mosquito-borne disease like: West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever, Chikungunya and Malaria.

Mosquitoes are emerging early across the country due to recent rainfall and an increase in temperatures, said Tim Clowney, Service Manager at Green Pest Solutions. With the threat of West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, its important for people to take the necessary precautions to prevent mosquito bites when spending time outdoors in the coming months.

The Pennsylvania West Nile Virus Control Program does an incredible job displaying state-wide West Nile Virus statistics to help PA residents stay informed about positive West Nile Virus occurrences and how to stay protected with state-wide events. According to the PA West Nile Virus Control Program southeastern PA has been hit especially hard with West Nile Virus this year. Of all mosquito samples collected, Philadelphia, Bucks and Delaware counties rank in the top six PA counties for largest collections. Delaware county ranks second for the most samples tested, and ranks first with 29 positive West Nile Virus incidences in the entire state. Also on that list, Chester and Philadelphia counties ranking in the top six counties in the state with positive West Nile Virus incidences.

Green Pest Solutions and Green Lawn Fertilizing offer numerous industry related tips on how to stay protected through some of their blogs. Consumers can read more by clicking on some of the links below for more information regarding mosquito control, prevention and the West Nile Virus:

Green Lawn Fertilizing and Green Pest Solutions is an independent lawn and pest control company that was founded in 2004. Under the leadership of Matt Jesson, President and Owner of Green Lawn Fertilizing and Green Pest Solutions, they are dedicated to becoming an industry leading company in the lawn and pest industry. The company is currently ranked 9th in the country by Landscape Management Magazine, June 2013. In 2012 and 2013, the company received the Inc. 5000 recognition for being recognized as one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the US. Both companies are A-rated and accredited by the Better Business Bureau. They perform lawn fertilizing and integrated pest management services for residential and commercial clients. They are active members of PLANET, National Landscape Association, and NPMA National Pest Management Association.

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(PRWEB) July 25, 2014

In only a matter of 10 weeks, a female bed bug can create as many as 35,000 offspring. Alarming? It should be.

The Bed Bug Guru Uses the latest up-to-date heating equipment, chemicals, and knowledge to evaluate and eradicate any bed bug issue. Over the past 7 years, we discovered that our 30+ years experience in pest control paired with our knack for bed bug extermination makes us the premier bed bug control specialists in the area. The bed bug (Cimex lectularius Linnaeus) has different biology from other insects and pests. Different methods and equipment must be used when trying to prevent or eliminate bed bugs. Unlike a generic pest control company, they have the resources in knowledge, equipment and time to do the job right the first time.....and they back it up. Not only do their certified K-9 teams confirm the blood suckers are gone, but they back it up with as much as a 12 month warranty.

Commercial property management firms are learning the hard way that it's less expensive to be pro-active as apposed to reactive. Multifamily managers, in an effort to demonstrate fiscal responsibility to stakeholders, often enlist in-house maintenance staff or lowest-bidder exterminators to respond to a bed bug infestation.

However, despite their (in most cases) best intentions, and because they are not bed bug experts, the staff or pest control company usually make the problem worse, and often spread the bed bug infestation to adjoining units. By the time we are called in to do the bed bug extermination the right way, the multifamily manager is dealing with a much more extensive problem and the associated much greater expense to clean it up. What was intended to be a demonstration of money-saving prowess has turned into sheepishly justifying a very large expense.

A well-trained dog and handler team can inspect units 5-10 times (or more) faster than a human inspector, often completing a 3-bedroom unit inspection in 5-10 minutes. Additionally, because bed bugs are so small and adept at hiding, K-9 bed bug scent detection teams are much more accurate than their human counterpart. The trained bed bug dog team has an accuracy greater than 95%, which stands in sharp contrast with a human visual inspection with an accuracy typically less than 60%. With tenant cooperation, in many cases its possible to inspect your entire property in a single day.

These regular inspections will have an associated recurring cost. However, this relatively small cost at the front end minimizes the chances of incurring larger control costs at the back end by catching bed bug infestations early, when the bed bug control issues are much less expensive to resolve.

The Bed Bug Guru, is a bed bug exclusive company with heat, chemicals and K-9's...It's all they do.

Should you have any questions regarding this press release, please contact Kevin Campbell by email.

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Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided when Parliament met at 1.00 pm yesterday. After the presentation of papers and oral questions, the House took up the Regulations under the Control of Pesticides Act for debate.

Acting Agriculture Minister Y G Padmasiri:

I present the Regulations under the Control of Pesticides Act for the approval of the House.

Deputy Chairman of Committees Chandrakumar Murugesu takes the Chair.

Over the past three decades, Parliament approved and passed several Acts and Orders to control the use of pesticides. The use of pesticides should be controlled to protect the environment, land and health of the people. The use of pesticides spread across the world after 1960 with the Green Revolution. Sri Lanka was an agriculture based country that used traditional methods to control the pests. The natural methods did not harm the land or the people. The Agricultural Ministry hopes to establish control over the pesticides used by 2020. From the regulations made today, the licence fee for the import of pesticides which was Rs. 8,000 has been increased up to Rs. 100,000. When the licences are given, the storage and distribution facilities will be inquired. During the importation of pesticides, a special licence should be taken from the Pesticide Registration Bureau by paying Rs. 1,000. A field evaluation report has been made compulsory at the registration of pesticides.

Every six years after the registration, a certificate should be obtained after testing a pesticide sample at state laboratories.

The ministry will establish a district and regional level post-analysis system for the use of pesticides. It will be implemented next year.

P Harrison (UNP):

The agro-chemicals that are banned in other countries are being imported to our country. These contain harmful chemicals and are dangerous to the people. The WHO has also mentioned about them. Recently, four such agrochemicals were banned as of the order of the President. However, these are still available in our market. How can this happen?

These poisonous agro-chemicals have resulted in the increase of kidney ailments in Rajarata. The regulations must be brought to control the import of harmful agro-chemicals into the country.

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NEW YORK, July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Bed bugs are on the rise in NYC but Control Exterminating has some advice on how to deal with them. The bed bug exterminator in NYC explains that bed bugs are at epidemic levels in the city this summer and don't appear to be dropping off anytime soon. The company recommends contacting an exterminator in NYC at the first sign of bed bugs to get a treatment process started as soon as possible.

"New Yorkers facing bed bug issues should: 1) Get encasement covers for mattresses and box springs, 2) Put down some mouse-size glue boards to monitor for insects in the apartment. This is a good action to take before resorting to pest control chemicals, and 3) Call a reliable pest control exterminator. Getting rid of bedbugs is not a do-it-yourself operation. Extermination is effective usually within 1 to 3 treatments, depending on the infestation levels," explained Barry Kimmel, Owner of Control Exterminating in Manhattan.

Bed bugs are tiny, oval-shaped, wingless insects 1/4 of an inch in length. They feed on the blood of humans and their pets, and tend to live in mattresses and furniture. The pests can survive in a dormant state for up to one year without eating, which makes them notoriously difficult to get rid of.

"Summer is the season for cockroaches, bed bugs and waterbugs. Bed bugs, like water bugs, are more apparent now because of the high humidity and heat; they propagate twice as quickly now that they do during winter. The sewer system tends to get overloaded, so the bugs rise above the ground that's another issue," said Kimmel.

To learn more about Control Exterminating and pest control in New York visit http://www.controlexterminating.com.

About Control Exterminating: Control Exterminating is a locally owned business providing pest control in NYC for commercial spaces, businesses and residences since 1973. All Control Exterminating team members are qualified, licensed and experienced exterminators. Barry Kimmel, owner of Control Exterminating, was supervisor of the New York City Housing Authority, Pest Control Division for over 18 years.

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Our cat Salem always comes running when she hears the music from the Ehrlich pest control commercial. When its over she will sit behind the tv waiting for th...

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UK Outsourcing services provider chooses FLS solution to increase efficiency and improve customer service for its pest control division

FLS GmbH, Fast Lean Smart, a leading international provider of scheduling and mobile workforce management solutions announces a significant new customer win. Mitie is the UKs third largest provider of pest control services to the UK and has consistently achieved the highest organic growth amongst its contemporaries over the last ten years. Mitie have selected FLS VISITOUR software solution to support further growth through optimization of task scheduling and routing, and to improve service by responding quicker to customer callouts.

Mitie offers a one stop shop for anything to do with pest eradication and prevention for both commercial and residential customers, all services are performed in-house to ensure the highest standards are met and the business employs a nationwide field force of pest technicians.

Peter Trotman, Mitie Pest Control Managing Director commented Our success has brought us many challenges, especially in organizing resource to meet our objectives which include continuously improving customer service, but also to reduce operational costs. We already differentiate our services through advanced management information and customer portals and we are now interfacing an advanced route planning and resource optimisation tool to further our leading edge technology.

Mr Trotman continues As part of a year long evaluation of potential vendors, we completed a successful pilot with FLS which proved FLS VISITOUR technology was flexible to meet our requirements and the ideal choice. We are now pleased to appoint FLS as supplier and implementation partner for this immensely exciting project from which we already know the opportunity for performance improvement is significant.

Jeremy Squire, Fast Lean Smart UK Managing Director, comments FLS are pleased to welcome Mitie Pest Control to our growing customer family, the mix of routine visits, booked appointments and requirement to quickly react to emergency callouts make excellent use of FLS VISITOUR real-time scheduling capability. We look forward to making this deployment a showcase for the dramatic efficiency gains achievable and the ease of configuring our technology to meet unique customer needs.

About FLS Since 1988 we at FLS have been working on developing mathematical optimization processes and efficient methods of information science useable for practical applications. The result of 15 years of research and development is the new algorithm POWEROPT a significant innovation, which is not only superior to the known processes of route optimization, but also facilitates completely new methods of operation in real-time.

Clear Technology Leader Today, FLS is the clear technology leader in the area of real-time scheduling, dynamic route optimization and mobile workforce management, with more than 100 customers and a continuously growing team of highly qualified mathematicians, information scientists, and economists. Our customers include many renowned brand manufacturers and more than 35,000 field representatives enjoy the benefits of FLS solutions, every day and worldwide.

Sustainable Growth Since its foundation, FLS has operated successfully without reliance on outside capital, and we remain faithful to our model of self-sustainability. It is not our aim to achieve rapid growth, but instead to maintain stability at the highest level of product quality, which not only guarantees optimal results for us and our customers, but also makes our work enjoyable.

For more information, visit http://www.fastleansmart.com.

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A restaurant inside the international terminal of the Vancouver International Airport, next to the second-floor food court, was closed last Friday because of unsanitary conditions and a pest infestation.

According to a report by Vancouver Coastal Health, a routine inspection found a live rat caught in a trap underneath the Koho Restaurants commercial dishwasher.

Rat droppings were found in the main food preparation line, on stainless steel food preparation tables, inside the corner of a deep fryer base, along the wall of two handsinks in the kitchen, along the wall of a food prep area outside the walk-in cooler, behind the garage door storage area, on equipment push carts located in food prep area, on top of the commercial dishwasher and on top of liquor boxes in the kitchen.

The eatery was permitted to re-open on Sunday, according to environmental health officer Dalton Cross.

The operators were advised to ensure all rodent droppings are removed from the premises. All affected areas to be cleaned and sanitized with an approved sanitizer. Professional pest control company to be contacted for immediate service and daily inspections required until further notice, according to a report available at tinyurl.com/KohoRestaurant.

The report also found general sanitation poor.

Though the operator said cleaning had been conducted during the start of the week, there were multiple areas that show a large amount of food residue, debris and grime accumulation.

The health inspector ordered the immediate correction of the main cook line, dishwashing area, garage storage area, under shelving, grease and liquid pooling underneath the deep fryer.

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