Insecticide industry professionals are worried these days because the government has passed new regulations meaning they will have to pass on substantial new costs to their customers, to the tune of up to $145 million dollars.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency there are many ways that people can still rid their homes of pests, without increasing costs to them at all and without having a negative impact on the environment.

A local pest control company’s vice president opined that the EPA’s decision to remove this popular pesticide from the market will make it much more expensive to treat for powder post beetles, and these costs will ultimately get passed on to consumers.

He compared the insect to a termite and said that it infests as many as 140,000 homes in the country every year.

They used to be able to enter a home, spray the chemical as needed, and promise that the home would then be clear of any such beetles for a minimum of one year, he claimed of the banned pesticide product.

The VP claims that the chemical was always effective and safe, but now it has been banned leaving the companies no choice but to fumigate the house.

This is much more invasive as the tenants will have to leave the home while it is filled with chemical gasses.

In the past experts used to be able to come in and use the banned chemical to get rid of the pests for under a thousand dollars, but now it can cost up to two thousand dollars.

A spokesman for the EPA is not buying the claims of the industry insiders, though, noting that there are other chemicals which have been identified as cost effective and efficacious.

Causing no damage to structure as does the termite, the powder post beetle offers only appearance problems, the spokesman further claimed, concerning this pest.

Even so, the EPA has sanctioned the use of a new substance to battle the problem, pentachlorophenol, which is very similarly priced to the now banned chemical and should also be effective.

For this reason, the EPA is predicting that homeowners should not see any increase in the cost of their pest control service.

Both the maker of the banned chemical and the pest control association provided the testimony upon which the EPA statement was based, according to the spokeman.

This testimony had been offered at an EPA hearing that had been called to determine whether the temporary halt of the chemical should become a permanent ban.

Costing millions of dollars for the yearly battle against the powder post beetle across the country, the price increase was predicted for consumers.

Some companies have been using the same methods for pest removal for over 30 years, and they now fear that many of their older customers are going to be unwilling to accept the increased cost, the change, and the fact that in order for the new method to be used they have to leave their home.

This owner also believe that the EPA hastily made a ruling without obtaining all of the facts in the case.

Many owners and pest control experts feel the EPA’s Levitra decision was wrong, but they have not yet been able to convince the EPA otherwise and public hearings on the issue will probably continue for two years or so.

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