This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- ECoExempt KO Contact Insecticide
I think it depends which one of their products you are considering. The residual line I believe contain pyrethroids (maybe other products), but the exempt line does not contain pyrethroids. Some products have residual action, but I don't believe the exempt line promises this. I think EcoPco recently was bought by another company. Lou > This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > -----------------------------------------------------------Hi > > I checked the EPA label and active in EcoPCO is pyrethrins. Pyrethrins > are a low toxicity pesticide but also dont persist for very long in the > environment. They are used primarily for flushing insects such as > cockroaches from harborages or to knock down flying insects. Because > they have no residual life they are relatively ineffective in general > pest control. By general pest control I mean kitchens, exterior areas > (to limit occasional invaders), or other areas outside of the collection > area. A good IPM program does not limit itself to one material anymore > then it should to one approach. I think taking the program in house > without proper training and understanding of pest control (especially in > a museum setting) is a big mistake. > Hope this is helpful. > > Jack Wiler > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net > [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Cindy Gardner > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 3:26 PM > To: pestlist@museumpests.net > Subject: [pestlist] ECOPCO > > This is a message from the Pest Management Database List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > -----------------------------------------------------------As a state > agency, we are always at the mercy of the pest company that > comes in at low bid. Now, unhappy with the low bid, the agency > responsible for this contract is looking at other alternatives. > > They are wanting to do it themselves and use an "all natural" product > called ECOPCO. http://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/ecopco.htm > > We have always had a successful integrated pest management system and > have only used sticky traps inside the museum. We have had some bugs > over the years, but no infestations. > > I have explained why museums are different, but am wondering if any of > you have any comments that I can share with them. > > Thanks. > > -- > Cindy Gardner > Director of Collections, Museum Division > Project Liaison, Museum of Mississippi History > Mississippi Department of Archives and History > P.O. Box 571 > Jackson, MS 39205-0571 > Telephone: 601/576-6901 > Facsimile: 601/576-6815 > Email: cgard...@mdah.state.ms.us > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@zaks.net and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.45/2045 - Release Date: > 4/7/2009 6:41 AM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.45/2045 - Release Date: > 4/7/2009 6:41 AM > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@zaks.net and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com > -- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. Entomology Section Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th St. New York, NY 10024-5192 phone: 212-769-5613 fax: 212-769-5277 email: sor...@amnh.org The New York Entomological Society, Inc. email: n...@amnh.org web: www.nyentsoc.org Online journal from 2001 forward www.BioOne.org ------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestl...@museumpests.com To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@zaks.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
