Are baits safe for children and pets?
If enough were eaten, no, they would not be safe. However, there are two things that make baits safer than spraying a pesticide around your home. One is that most baits are packaged inside bait stations that make it difficult for children or pets to get at the contents. The other is that the active ingredient is used in very small doses in a bait to prevent ants from dying before they get back to the nest to feed their friends. As with all pesticides, baits should be kept out of the reach of children and pets. Fleas Q: Do fleas infest people? (i.e., do they ride around on people living in our hair or bodies) A: No, not in a reasonably hygienic household. Fleas prefer cats, dogs, opossums, raccoons, etc to people and in any case, people are usually very sensitive to things crawling around on them. Where people are housed closely together in unsanitary conditions, such as military camps during a war, fleas can build up to great populations on humans. Q: Why do we have fleas if we don’t h
