Control Cockroaches In and Around Your Home

Most people are very intolerant of cockroaches, and for good reasons; these pests can adversely affect human health in several ways. They can contaminate food, imparting an unpleasant odor and taste. They potentially can transmit disease organisms on their body parts. There are even instances where they have crawled on sleeping people and entered an ear canal (although rare)!

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Publication 3346 (POD-01-26)

Revised by Santos Portugal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Science and Plant Protection, from the original by Blake Layton, PhD, Extension Professor (retired), and Jerome Goddard, PhD, Extension Professor, Agricultural Science and Plant Protection.