Termite Infestation Articles & Analysis
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However, many older homes that would benefit the most from these renovations may have vapors of organochorine insecticides in indoor air from termite treatment decades ago. Efforts to decrease infiltration of outside air would increase occupant exposure to indoor pollutants. These insecticides were used almost solely for termite protection between 1950 and 1988 ...
(See Audios, Reviews, and Scientific Reports - www.toxfree.net/chlordane/Education/Healthrisk/healthlinks.html).Technical chlordane was used to treat for termite infestation in approximately 30 million homes from the 1950s until it was banned in 1988. ...
Policy issues addressed include fragmented jurisdictional problems, issues related to types of debris, burning of house hold debris, wood infestation with Formosan termites and banning of yard wastes from landfills. ...