Hey, welcome back. Welcome back to another edition of the Pest Geek Podcast. I am your host, Frank Hernandez. Hey, we’re gonna be discussing proper selection of exterior tier one, tamper resistant rodent bait stations. And we’re going to be tackling the law and some myth and facts on this podcast. So this is one of those that is a thorn in the side of a lot of people, both in the professional pest control industry and also those of us who are looking out for our customers, looking out for the environment, looking out to do what is right. And the things that are going on in our industry are unprecedented, like any other time in history of the amount of problems that we have to encounter as professionals and a lot of it that is caused not by us, that we have nothing to do with lot of regulation coming out of California, that they’re wanting to get rid of the use of second generation rodenticides. And a lot of it has to do with the misuse and misapplication of a lot of these products. It has nothing really to do with a lot of professionals. Yes, there are professionals that we’re encountering that are doing things that are wrong, that are doing things that aren’t legal. There aren’t kosher, there aren’t ethical. They aren’t moral because they’re trying to cut costs or they’re trying to cheat. But that is not the majority of the industry. That is just a couple of people. Top 3 Myths About Exterior Rodent Stations Myth #1 Exterior Bait Stations Must Contain A Weight! Fact No, Myth #2 it must be of a certain weight like 8 lb Fact, No Myth #3 There are standards for testing Tamper Resistant Station Fact, No The biggest problems I have with rodenticides has to do that. They’re being sold over the counter to individuals, homeowners. You know, managers, anybody who wants to get a rodenticide get it without having to comply with the federal requirements and the label. I mean, I’ve seen this in apartment buildings where apartment managers are giving their staff rodenticides to go put out and put out rodent station and put out bait packs and throw them in homes, in storage units, storage facilities where managers are going out and putting bait packs out in the open. And the corners of storage facility, storage rooms, with no regard to what the fact that that label says that it must be kept out of reach of children. My biggest scare is the use of and a non anticoagulant, which is actually a neurotoxin being used and being available too non-professional when there is no antidote for this product, and you can easily buy it, you can’t buy it in stores, but you can buy it online. And that is a major concern. One of the biggest myths that I’ve challenged people on this week and all groups I’ve been out there and I said, you know, what is the weight requirement for a tier one station outside? So that a child can not get into it. And the reality is there’s mixing answers. Nobody has the real answer, but the answer is actually in the EPA, its own Web site. Here’s the myth, number one. An exterior bait station must contain a wait. No, it doesn’t. There is nothing on the law that says it must contain a weight. I can’t find it. I’ve asked people who are professionals that deal their distributors in manufacturers. This question. Nobody has the answer. There isn’t any.