| | Category | EV | L22 | What Method Works Best to Control Bedbugs: Organic or |
| | Commercial? |
| | Abstract | PANDEMIC IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK!!!! |
| | What makes bedbugs so important? These pests have been making a |
| | comeback! Nowadays, it seems as though bedbugs are getting more |
| | attention than political figureheads. Since the ban of DDT, bedbugs have |
| | been invading every threshold that a human occupies. These pests are |
| | hard to get rid of due to their ability to hide anywhere, fast reproduction |
| | process, and ability to live off of one blood meal for over a year. |
| | This project looks at the best control for bedbugs: organic vs. commercial |
| | methods. Controls that were tested included aerosol Hot Shot, aerosol |
| | Terro, Dry Ice (Carbon Dioxide), No-Pest Strips, steam, and a homemade |
| | organic solution. It was hypothesized that organic methods would be more |
| | effective than the commercial. The experimental results supported the |
| | hypothesis because after 12 seconds of steam (the fastest-acting organic |
| | control) 100% of the population was dead compared to the 12 minutes it |
| | took for both commercial aerosol sprays (which were the fastest-acting |
| | commercial controls). |
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