Study reveals why cockroaches are growing immune to insecticides
A study on the ‘German cockroach’ has found that they have developed a cross-resistance to a range of powerful insecticides and may soon become nearly impossible to kill with chemicals. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Have you had cockroaches in your kitchen, or building, that won’t just be exterminated no matter what?
Well, here’s what’s going on, apparently the little pesky crawlers have become immune to most available insecticides. In fact, spray mixture treatment will not only fail to lower cockroach numbers, according to recent research, but might have a repellent effect that distributes cockroaches to previously uninfested neighbours.
