luria@dali.BERKELEY.EDU (Marc Luria) (01/17/86)
We have a big problem with ants in our apartment. They seem to be coming from below our building and there is an exterminator spraying there periodically. My main concern is about spraying inside the house because of my one year old son. He gets into everything, and likes putting things in his mouth. Are the pesticides that one buys in the store like Raid less toxic than those our exterminator would use? (He says he has some powder) The Raid can says keep children away while wet, is it no longer toxic when dry? After the exterminator has sprayed under the house, we find hundred of dead ants inside the apartment for several days, are these spreading toxins around the apartment? Any advice would be appreciated.
jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) (01/18/86)
> We have a big problem with ants in our apartment. They seem to be > coming from below our building and there is an exterminator spraying > there periodically. My main concern is about spraying inside the house > because of my one year old son. He gets into everything, and likes > putting things in his mouth. > > Any advice would be appreciated. Formula 409 spray cleaner does a good job of killing ants. It won't keep the ants from coming back (like most of the household insecticides do), but it's perfectly safe to use around children. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff