Month: July 2019

There have been reports of bed bugs, ants and termites in schools, forcing administrators to cancel classes until the problem is fixed.

Termites eat non-stop, 24 hours 7 days a week. They feed on wood, paper, anything that is made of cellulose. The fact that they are found in schools states that the schools provide an abundance of cellulose material essential for their survival.

Recent news reported is:

School facing termite woes

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

JOHOR BARU: One of the state’s oldest special schools, SK Pen­didikan Khas Princess Elizabeth, is in dire need of repairs as some of its buildings have been infested by termites.

The affected areas include the school’s assembly hall, several classrooms, the surau and the canteen.

The ceilings and beams in the school, which was built in 1953, have also been damaged by termites.

State Education, Human Res­ource, Science and Technology Committee chairman Aminolhuda Hassan, who visited the school yesterday, said the Education Ministry had been alerted.

“We are awaiting a report from the ministry. The school building is 66 years old.

“The Public Works Department issued a notice in July last year to cordon off the hall as heavy rain and termite infestation had caused multiple holes in the roof,” he added.

Termites at Veterans Memorial High School cost CCISD $200,000

Beatriz Alvarado, Corpus Christi Caller Times November 26, 2018

Veterans Memorial High School has a termite problem that has cost the district $199,500. 

The Corpus Christi ISD board of trustees approved the expenditure in April for termite remediation at the 3-year-old campus, according to the board’s April 23 consent agenda. 

Elite Exterminating, a Corpus Christi company, was hired to do the work. 

Termites were found in a workroom, an agricultural science room, in an office and in several areas along the building’s perimeter. The entire campus was treated over a period of two weeks at the beginning of the summer break, spokeswoman Leanne Libby said.

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The species which decorate the skies have gradually but surely become a nuisance for humans.

Sparrows, pigeons, and starlings are very messy when they are making their nests.  They can spread out over several feet interfering with the chimney pipes and vents that are on the roof.  It can be easy to spot if the pest birds have gotten a start on their nest building; protruding sticks and other debris, along with bird droppings.  Sparrows are known to enter hidden away areas like broken roof tiles and can fit into an area the size of an egg.  

Fleas, mites, and ticks are also commonly found in bird droppings.  Inhaling the spores that are released when the bird dropping and nests are disturbed can cause very dangerous conditions such as histoplasmosis.  Histoplasmosis is an infection that can vary in symptoms and seriousness.  It usually affects the lungs.  The lung infection can be short-term to chronic.  Eliminating pest bird droppings is serious business and is an issue that should not be dismissed.

‘We’re getting concerned’: Bird waste causing damage to major bridge on Oregon coast

July 11, 2019

ASTORIA, OR (KPTV) – Thousands of birds have taken over a major bridge on the Oregon coast, causing a major headache for the Department of Transportation.

According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, as many as 10,000 double crested cormorants have set up shop under the Astoria-Megler bridge, building nests, and leaving behind a major mess.

“There’s so much now, excrement covering the bridge, we’re getting concerned about that,” Lou Torres, a spokesperson for ODOT said.

Cormorant guano, it turns out, is highly acidic, so the droppings they leave behind on the bridge eat away at the bridge’s paint.

The most recent paint job on the bridge, which was just finished in 2018, cost close to $75 million.

In London, damage caused by pigeon droppings to monuments in Trafalgar Square is well documented.

The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission in 1986 calculated that the annual cost for cleaning statuary was £14,000 and the annual cost for cleaning paving was £91,000.

Anti-perching wires, spikes, trapping have all been implemented but have failed in keeping the birds away from the structures. An effective solution is required to save the big bucks spent on the maintenance of these structures.

There is a solution with C Tech Corporation to keep the birds away from perching and roosting.

Combirepel^TM Bird repellent gel lacquer is the product produced by C Tech Corporation to prevent the menace caused by birds. This product is specially designed to prevent birds perching and roosting.

It is available in the form of concentrate gel lacquer. The product causes the bird’s pain receptors associated with taste. Some birds use their sense of smell through which they recognize that the product is a threat. The product is specially designed to prevent perching and roosting of birds. Repellent evokes a physiological effect which the birds associated with a sensory cue and then learn to avoid it.

The product is anti-corrosive and water resistant and has no effect of UV light on it. The product is transparent and is compatible with most of the surfaces which are easy to apply.

Thus, using the bird’s sensory mechanism, we can get rid of them without causing them any physical harm.

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If your power has ever gone out on a beautiful day, you may have been the victim of a squirrelly attack. 

That’s because squirrels are responsible for an impressive number of electrical issues each year. 

The theory is that that endless growing of teeth of the rodents makes chewing an innate need, which is a must because if they don’t have that innate need, teeth will grow through the roof of their mouth.

The usage of soy or plant-based insulation around wires is another reason why the squirrels and other rodents are attracted towards the wires and cables.

In St. Augustine, Florida, a power outage caused by a squirrel damaging key components at a utility station led to a sewage backup, ultimately resulting in 60,000 gallons of untreated sewage flowing into the San Sebastian River.

In Richmond, Virginia, a squirrel short-circuited a substation, causing a massive power outage which threw sections of Richmond into darkness, disabling traffic signals at several major intersections, closing businesses and schools – including Virginia Commonwealth University – for most of the day.

 Few other power outage stories are as below:

Delayed Kentucky internet project faces new squirrel setback

By Associated Press │June 19 2019

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A project that would bring high-speed internet across Kentucky will be delayed because company representatives say an “abundance” of squirrels have chewed through wiring.

The Courier-Journal reports lawmakers in the state’s capitol questioned reports of ravenous squirrels Tuesday, blocking officials in charge of the KentuckyWired project from borrowing an additional $110 million.

KentuckyWired was started in 2015 under former Gov. Steve Beshear to boost Kentucky’s internet infrastructure. Officials are now saying squirrels damaged cable that was supposed to be up and running in April.

Squirrel causes power outage in Athens

by WTVC

June 16^th 2019

ATHENS, Tenn. — Power has been restored after a squirrel causes an outage in Athens. 

Athens Utility Board (AUB) posted on Facebook this morning, that customers in the area near North Athens Substation on Hwy. 305 (Ingleside Avenue) heard a loud bang, and then power dipped and went out completely.

They say the first responding technician found that a squirrel had got into a pole-top insulator on Old Niota Road near the substation.

That when he met his split-second fate, it burned and destroyed the wire that ties the insulator to the phase of conductor wire.

When this happened, the phase of conductor fell across the cross arms on the top of the pole and went to ground.

AUB says this caused high amperage faults and opened the substation breaker

The phase of conductor was destroyed, frayed and crews had to make a new splice before tying the wire back into service.

The power producing industry has long felt the impact of outages caused by animals entering – and disrupting – substations.

Outages cost the U.S. economy an estimated $80-188 billion every year in lost commercial activity, lowered productivity, consumer dissatisfaction and more.

Utilities are recognizing that while the costs to do actual substation repairs are significant, the cost to repair a reputation is much higher – and they have taken steps over the years to install measures to keep climbing animals at bay.

Engineers and technicians have attempted to prevent or discourage incursions by using an array of methods: squirrel guards, heat shrink tapes and tubing, spinning line guards, screening, greases, pole covers, lights, insulator coatings, decoys, and even live trapping.

These measures have had some temporary success, but they haven’t provided permanent solutions. And hence, an effective and durable solution is the need of the hour.

C Tech Corporation can offer a solution to overcome the damage caused by squirrels. Combirepel^TM is an anti-rodent, anti-insect and animal aversive repellent which is extremely low in toxicity and extremely low hazard, environmentally safe solution. It is engineered using a unique set of complex compounds. It follows 6 pronged strategies which are extremely effective on rodents like the squirrel, rat, beaver, gopher, marmot, etc.

Combirepel^TM is available in the form of a masterbatch, liquid concentrate, lacquer, wood polish additives, and sprays.

The masterbatch can be incorporated in cable sheathing while it is manufactured. The product in the form of liquid concentrate can be diluted in paints and organic solvents and applied to cables. The lacquer which is a topical application can be directly applied to the already installed wires and cables, cabinets and transformer boxes. The wood polish additives can be mixed with the wood polish and applied on wooden surfaces.

Our newly developed product, Rodrepel™ Rodent Repellent Spray and Combirepel™ pest repellent spray is an easy to use product which can be sprayed on wires and cables, electronic appliances, cabinets, to avoid the rodents from entering them.

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Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com if you’re facing problems with rodents and get best remedies to combat the pest menace.

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http://www.termirepel.com/
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Rats and mice cause 8% of all house and building fires in the U.S. In U.S. average 1.6 million home and building catch fires each year. In the last 10 years, more than 194,000 people have been injured in home and building fires, and almost 37,000 people have died. Rodents started 8% of all these fires by chewing through electrical wiring and causing a short circuit. Plastic insulation surrounding electrical wiring exists because electricity is quite hot when it goes through wires. The insulation protects nearby objects from getting overheated. However, when a rat or other rodent has been going after your wires, they leave nothing left but the hot, exposed metal. From there, it’s only a matter of time before the wire either short circuits, causing a spark, or heats up and causes something nearby to ignite. Usually, household insulation or other debris that are stirred up by the rodents are what sets fire.

In the U.S., 30% of all homes contain unwanted rodents. In fact, these rats and mice are known as ‘commensal’ rodents. The term means ‘eating at the same table with’ humans, and they’re called that because they thrive in close proximity to people.

All rodents have prominent, continually growing incisor teeth. Because these teeth never stop growing, rats and mice find pleasure gnawing every day to wear down their teeth. If they don’t, the incisors grow too big to gnaw food, and they can´t feed properly. That’s why they like to make their home where there’s plenty to chew on: between walls, in drop ceilings and subfloors, in attics and garages, behind appliances, and in pantries. 

One pair of mice can make 15,000 more mice in just one year. In addition to starting fires, rats and mice carry 35 known diseases, some of them are fatal, so it’s important to get them out of your home pronto. The solutions such as poison and traps are dangerous to children and pets, leave a mess for you to clean up, and don’t work all that well. 

Let us look at the below article

Monster rats the size of CATS are roaming the streets – and they aren’t afraid of humans

• Giant rats have been running wild through a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand
• One man saw six to 10 rats running up a bank, 30 metres from the shops
• The infestation is said to be a result of locals feeding the wild chickens 

By Charlotte Karp For Daily Mail Australia | 13 June 2019

Giant rats that are as big as cats are terrorizing people in Auckland – and they aren’t afraid of humans, locals say.   

The monster rodents are running wild through Auckland, New Zealand, and authorities are struggling to get the situation under control, Stuff reported.

A local woman said she had to get rats removed from her roof and that she’d seen rats running up the road for the first time in 11 years, while local man Rob Wadmore managed to record the animals running around near a car park.

‘I saw an estimate of about six to 10 rats running up the bank, they didn’t seem scared of human beings .. they were 30 metres from the shops,’ Mr Wadmore said.

• Cat-sized rats have been allegedly terrorising a small village, feasting on food scraps and spreading disease

RATTED OUT 

Family-of-five driven out of their home by plague of ‘2ft long’ U-bend swimming monster rats

The 36-year-old dad says he saw one of the enormous rats swimming back up the toilet

By Annabel Murphy │16th April 2019

A FAMILY have been driven out of their home by a plague of U-bend swimming monster rats.

John Rising, 36, said he and partner Joanne had no option but to quit the rented home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, with their three sons.

He said they were terrified that the rodents, some nearly 2ft long, would bite them and spread a killer disease with their germs and urine.

John has killed several rats but says more infest the mid-terrace property rented from Cheltenham Borough Homes.

He said: “It started about two months ago and it’s got so bad that we have moved out because the rats were in the kitchen.

“About a month ago my 14-year-old son was in the bathroom and saw one actually in the toilet.

“He called me and I rushed to have a look. I could see the rat’s tail and bum swimming back out of toilet, back up the U-bend.”

C Tech Corporation has come up with a solution called Combirepel™ which will put people at ease by protecting their house from rats and mice. Combirepel™ is a product resulting from smart technology and green chemistry. Rodrepel™ is an extremely low-toxic, extremely low hazardous and environment-friendly aversive and repels all rodents/animals. It is an anti-rodent aversive specially developed for a range of polymeric applications including films, wires, cables, etc. It is also available in the liquid Concentrate form which can be mixed with the paints and lacquer which can be coated on the surface to keep the rodents at bay. Rodents are further restricted from biting the applications treated with our products due to advanced mechanisms.

The newly developed product is in the form of a spray which can be sprayed on any surface to protect it from pest damage. The spray is compatible with most of the surfaces.

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com to get solutions against pest damages.

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http://www.rodrepel.com/
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