How does SENTRICON work?
SENTRICON represents the newest generation of pest control techniques. For centuries people have relied on toxic pesticides to control insects. Probably the first was arsenic and it was used up until about thirty years ago. It is an element and worked in its basic form. Another was pyrethrum which is derived from a type of chrysanthemum flower, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium. Another is nicotine from tobacco. During the Second World War and the following years there were a number of pesticides developed most of which fell into three chemical families. Chlorinated hydrocarbons such as chlordane, and heptachlor. Carbamates such as sevin and Baygon and organophosphates such as Diazinon and Dursban. All of these insecticides worked because they were toxic to insects, usually affecting the nervous system. They were also toxic to fish birds and mammals. The idea behind SENTRICON is to feed the termites a hormone that will disrupt their life cycle. SENTRICON works because it prevents the youn
