Get Rid of Roaches - Breathe Easier!

Roaches can trigger asthma attacks.

Roach sprays don't work. Sprays can make asthma worse.
Sprays can be harmful to health.

Instead of spraying,
1) Make changes to your home to starve-out, dry-out and keep-out roaches.
2) User safer pest control products and methods.

Make changes to your home to starve-out, dry-out and keep-out roaches.

National Pesticide Information Center 1-800-858-7378
Developed by U.S. EPA Region 5 Waste, Pesticides and Toxics Division

Use safer and more effective pest control products-
borate powders and gel baits.
Use small amounts. Place where children can't reach.
Put where roaches hide and eat. Follow instructions on label.

Borate Powders

• Apply behind walls, shelves, sinks and cabinets
• Put where it won't get wet
• Use a very light dusting. Seal in with caulk.

Roach Baits

• Gel bait
  It comes in a small syringe. Squeeze little dots at edges and corners in cabinets, under appliances and near plumbing.

• Bait stations
  Place several small plastic stations in areas where you see roaches. Place along baseboards and in corners.

How Roach Baits Work . . .

Roaches smell the bait.

Roaches eat the bait.

Poisoned roaches return home.

Poisoned roaches die and . . .

. . . Other roaches eat the dead roach.

Those roaches are poisoned and die too!

Funding provided by US EPA Aging Initiative and The Cleveland Foundation
Art by Ralph Solonitz