Do the plug-in devices that are suppose to repel pests really work?
No not in a verifiable way. Jerome Goddard, PhD, medical entomologist with the Mississippi Department of Health, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Mississippi, and the author of Medical Entomology a standard reference for doctors, says that a man a few years ago came to his office wanting him to endorse one of these types of products. Dr. Goddard asked to see the studies done on the device. The man fumbled around for a while and finally pulled out a piece of paper. The paper was a tri-fold brochure for the product the man was selling. At that point Dr. Goddard thought he would humor the man and asked him just how he knew the product worked. “Easy” the man replied, “you just turn it on and the mice literally go running out of the building.” At that point Dr. Goddard said, “Ok, what happens if there’s a pet mouse in the building.” To that, the man replied, “Oh, pet mice, it doesn’t affect “pet” mice.” For the best solution to rats and mice read “Will rats or mice die i
