| Hartz to Relabel and Cancel Flea and Tick Drops for Cats and Kittens
At EPA’s insistence, Hartz Mountain Corp. has agreed to cancel uses of several flea and tick products that may be associated with a range of adverse reactions... more information
EPA orders 'Stop Sale' of illegal pet flea control products related article:
Illegal Pesticide Products "You may have seen people selling them on the street or in small neighborhood stores. They go by names like Tres Pasitos or Chalk, and they come with a guarantee to kill roaches, mice and other household pests like nothing else on the market. But most such products are illegal. And illegal pesticides can hurt much more than roaches. They can harm you and your family." Related LWB page: Fleas & Flea Control
Nation's First Human Case of West Nile in 2005.
Reported to CDC "The first human West Nile virus (WNV) illness of 2005 has been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. WNV is transmitted seasonally by infected mosquitoes ...more information Related site: CDC's West Nile site
Travellers Disease Information
CDC site devoted to diseases that travellers may encounter, organized by region and disease.
Picaridin Factsheet (pdf)
EPA factsheet about the newest mosquito and tick repellent called picaridin. This material has been approved in the US this year but has been available in other countries for some time.
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