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The Commercial Pest Solution: What exactly is being sprayed in your Senior Living facility? Pt. 2
While knowledge on current pesticides is limited to case and animal studies, research indicates the top three commercial bed bug sprays all contain ingredients that are toxic to humans. Many pesticides contain pyrethroids, an ingredient linked to 111 acute illness...
The Commercial Pest Solution: What exactly is being sprayed in your Senior Living facility? Pt. 1
While safer, heat treatment has no residual effect and reaches sublethal temperatures under conditions such as leather (Gondhalekar, 2019). Unfortunately, pesticide studies on chemicals such as DDT and RoundUp often have a “lag effect,” as their effects are not known...
Collateral Damage of Pest Infestations at Senior Living Facilities
Recent studies have shown the persistence of disease-causing pathogens in bed bugs (Gondhalekar, 2019; Hamzaoui et al. 2019). Many victims of bed bugs report anxiety, depression, and insomnia, further draining a facility’s resources (Eveleth, 2014). Mistreatment of an...
The Evolving Problem of Pests in Assisted Living Communities
59% of senior living facilities reported a pest infestation in 2018, a number that has only grown as many pests develop immunities to traditional toxic pest control chemicals.4 With the senior population significantly less likely to report initial infestations,...
Would you drink your pesticide product? This Plug and Play Expo winner did
Three startups won top honors at Thursday's Plug and Play Expo, but only one drew gasps from the crowd of several hundred during its pitch. That was the reaction after Vama Inc. Chief Financial Officer Ankur Jain demonstrated the safety of its bed bug spray by...
VAMA to Manufacture in Keokuk
KEOKUK, Iowa. — VAMA Inc., a biotech firm, plans to lease space to set up manufacturing in Keokuk. The company intends to manufacture a product that combats parasitic mites that attack honey bees. With headquarters in San Mateo, California, VAMA develops natural,...
VAMA, Inc. sets up in Keokuk
Kindustry Park, Keokuk, will be the new home of VAMA, Inc., a startup company that will develop and manufacture targeted, natural and effective solutions for insect control. VAMA is a new biotech company conceived and operated by the company’s chief scientist Krishna...
VAMA wants local spot
VAMA Inc., of Keokuk and San Mateo, Calif., is on the front line of the never-ending battle against bugs around the globe and in the Tri-State Area. Using special mixtures and blends of natural plant-based oils and extracts, VAMA’s products take on bed bugs, honeybee...
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