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    This document discusses different methods of pest control, including electronic, chemical, and mechanical methods. Electronic pest control uses electrically powered devices to repel or eliminate pests like rodents and insects. Chemical pest control utilizes pesticides but they can be harmful to both humans and the environment. Mechanical control generates sounds or uses traps to scare away pests. While each method has some effectiveness, they also have limitations and drawbacks.

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    This document discusses different methods of pest control, including electronic, chemical, and mechanical methods. Electronic pest control uses electrically powered devices to repel or eliminate pests like rodents and insects. Chemical pest control utilizes pesticides but they can be harmful to both humans and the environment. Mechanical control generates sounds or uses traps to scare away pests. While each method has some effectiveness, they also have limitations and drawbacks.

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    LITERATURE REVIEW

    Electronic pest control is the name given to the use of any of the several types of
    electrically powered devices designed to repel or eliminate pests, usually rodents or insects.
    Numerous electronic pest control devices are readily available throughout the world. Hardware
    stores and garden centers usually stock some sort of electronic device advertised to repel a
    variety of pests and one can also find them on the internet. Although these devices have been
    around for at least 20 years, they have only recently become popular and widely advertised,
    probably due to their environmentally friendly claims. There is a wide range of opinion about
    these devices. Some people claim that they work for them, while others claim they are not
    effective at all [1]. Several methods have been used and are still being used for the control of
    pest; many of them have been proved ineffective in one way or the other.
    The commonest method of pest control is the use of pesticides (chemicals). Pesticides are
    substances or a mixture of substances used for destroying, preventing, repelling or mitigating
    pests. Pesticides are commonly used in and around homes because they are easy to apply, fastacting, and effective against a wide variety of pests. There are instances where the use of
    pesticides in rodents control may be effective, but there is no registration which specifically
    refers to the use of pesticide against pests control which does not constitute a potential hazard to
    man and his environment. Chemical method of pest control has been found to be very effective
    but quite expensive to maintain. Also, these chemicals are highly poisonous and harsh both to
    humans and pests alike as a result of their ability to pollute the air. Air pollution is thought to be
    one of the most important risk factors for respiratory diseases, particularly for bronchial asthma
    and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, a direct causal relationship is not
    easy to prove because air pollutants do not occur as individual entities but in combination. In
    addition, the concentration and duration of exposure to air pollutants required for inducing an
    adverse pulmonary effect have not yet been determined [2]. Moreover, it adversely affects the
    environment that it brings about the genetic mutation of the internal make up of these pests that
    they produce offspring that are immune to these chemicals that were used on their predecessor.
    [3]. This, coupled with societys growing concern about environmental risks, makes alternative
    methods of pest control increasingly attractive.

    The mechanical method of controlling pest involves generating sounds mechanically to


    scare pests away. It also involves setting of traps, the use of guns and other mechanical means to
    kill pests. Any pest can be controlled by sound. Fireworks, acetylene exploders, balls horns and
    other noise makers have been utilized in bird control [3]. Each has some applications but there is
    always one problem or the other which limits the situation to which it is applicable. Specialized
    equipment is needed to produce the required sound under different field conditions.

    REFERENCES
    [1]

    Electronic pests control, retrieved November 24, 2012 from


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_pest_control

    [2]

    Shieh-Ching and Sze-Piao, Respiratory function changes from Inhalation of Polluted air
    Pulmonary Function Laboratory National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan,
    Republic of China. Available online 14 September 2007
    athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-088415386-3/50004-7

    [3]

    M.M. Jibrin, Y.M Abdullahi, M.J Bello and J.A Ignatius. Design and Construction of an
    Ultrasonic Bird Repeller. In Proceedings 3rd International Conference of WASAE and
    9th International Conference of NIAE, Ile Ife, Nigeria, January 25-29,2009, 396-400.

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