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Pesticides are used to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate any pest. Though often misunderstood to refer only to insecticides, the term pesticide also applies to herbicides, fungicides, and various other substances used to control pests.
Follow the links below to find information about pesticides and other forms of pest control.
Reviewed April 2009
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Scabies
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Queensland Health
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Scabies is a skin infestation with a mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. These mites burrow into the skin where they live and reproduce. Eggs laid in the burrows hatch, crawl out onto the skin and make new burrows.
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Oct 2009
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Pesticides - how to choose a pest control service
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Better Health Channel
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It is important to hire a professional pest control operator if you have a pest problem that is too difficult to manage yourself. Look for a pest controller who holds a Licence to use pesticides. In Victoria, this photo ID licence is issued by the Department of Health.
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Sep 2009
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Fleas
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Better Health Channel
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Fleas feed off the blood of humans and animals such as dogs and cats. A flea bite is intensely itchy and secondary infections are common. Treatment options include anaesthetic creams and icepacks to reduce the swelling. Fleas can transmit disease including tapeworm larvae and murine typhus. Fleas can also transmit bubonic plague from animals to humans in some parts of the world but not Australia.
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Jul 2009
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Scabies
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Better Health Channel
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Scabies is caused by small mites called Sarcoptes scabiei that burrow into the skin. The skin reacts to the mites, causing red itching bumps or blisters to form. If you develop scabies, your sexual partners and all members of your household should also be treated with a scabies cream or lotion.
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Jun 2009
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Pubic lice (crabs)
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Better Health Channel
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Pubic lice (Phthirus pubis), or crab lice, infest pubic hair. They can also sometimes affect the hair of the armpit, eyebrows, eyelashes, beard and torso. Pubic lice are usually sexually transmitted through direct skin-to-skin contact. Lice infestation causes no serious harm, but is a warning that you should be tested for other sexually transmissible infections (STIs).
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Jun 2009
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Media release. Report on Karingal nursing home
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, has released the report into the Karingal Nursing Home's handling of a mouse plague.
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Jun 2009
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Mosquitoes - how to avoid being their dinner
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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A mosquito is a very annoying flying insect. It is always on the lookout for blood because that is what it likes to eat. It sinks its proboscis (a hollow needle-like stinger) through your skin, and sucks up blood.
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Jun 2009
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Media release. Minister orders major investigation into Dalby nursing home mice incident
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot has ordered the independent Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency to conduct a major investigation into the procedures and processes at a Queensland nursing home where there have been reports of nursing home residents being bitten by mice.
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Apr 2009
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Mosquitoes can carry diseases
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Better Health Channel
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Mosquitoes carry many diseases that are dangerous to humans. Mosquito-borne diseases include malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis virus, Ross River virus, Barmah Forest virus and dengue fever. There are some simple things you can do to avoid mosquito bites and reduce your risk of catching mosquito-borne diseases.
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Mar 2009
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Mosquito bites
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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In all parts of Australia, mosquitoes are common pests. Mosquitoes mainly breed and bite during the summer months when people spend more time outside.
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Mar 2009
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Mosquito bites
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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In all parts of Australia mosquitoes are common pests. Mosquitoes mainly breed and bite during the summer months when people spend more time outside.
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Mar 2009
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Ross river virus - myDr.com.au
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myDr
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Ross River Virus infection is spread by female mosquitoes, and can cause flu-like symptoms.
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Mar 2009
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Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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In endemic areas, malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem. It contributes to severe anaemia in the mother and low birth weight for babies, which are associated with poor infant health and early infant death. Also the unborn child and the p...
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Feb 2009
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Cockroaches
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Better Health Channel
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The cockroach is believed to spread a range of disease-producing organisms to humans including salmonella, staphylococcus and streptococcus. Cockroaches prefer warm, humid conditions with a ready food source. You can treat an infestation yourself or hire a professional pest control operator.
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Oct 2008
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Spiders, ants and other little biters
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Australia has more than its fair share of bitey things. Most of them are fairly shy creatures and don't bother us if we don't bother them.
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Oct 2008
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Bites and stings
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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In summer weather especially there are many biting insects around. There are some things you can do to help avoid your children being bitten.
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Oct 2008
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Bed bugs
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Bedbugs are oval, wingless insects, 5-6 mm long, that feed at night on any warm blooded animal including people.
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Oct 2008
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Pesticides - home safety issues
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Better Health Channel
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Household pesticides can cause harm to humans if not used appropriately. Household pesticides may be used to control insects like cockroaches, mosquitoes and fleas or rodents like rats and mice. Pesticides are poisonous and are especially dangerous for children, the elderly, pregnant and nursing women and animals (pets).
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Sep 2008
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Organic food
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Better Health Channel
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Organic farmers and food producers grow and produce food without using synthetic chemicals (such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers). They do not use genetically modified (GM) components, or expose food to irradiation.
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Apr 2008
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Pesticides - safety when you use a pest control service
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Better Health Channel
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Pesticides are toxic. If they are used carelessly they may damage the health of the person applying them or the health of other people in the community. They may also damage the environment. If you use a commercial pest control service to control pests at home, you should take precautions to minimise your exposure to these toxic substances.
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Mar 2008
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