Rats & Mice

EPA Press Release: EPA Takes Major Actions to Reduce Americans’ Risks from Mouse and Rat Poisons / Move will better protect children, pets and wildlife

WASHINGTON – To better protect children, pets and wildlife, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is moving to ban the sale to residential consumers of the most toxic rat and mouse poisons, as well as most loose bait and pellet products.

Rodent Holes

Rodents - including rats, mice, squirrels, voles and others - chew holes in structures in order to make their nests indoors. They carry leaf litter, etc into the house and chew up personal property. They leave behind droppings and urine (which is invisible) in your home.

Rodent Holes

Rat

Rats are infamous for spreading disease including Typhoid and the plague. Even though the diseases are actually trasmitted by the fleas they carry, their threat to public health is recognized. Rats can live just about anywhere and don't seem to be afraid of human, especially in urban settings. Rats can also infest farms because of the abundance of grain for the feeding of animals.

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