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Eating a GIANT Chinese cockroach to get things started. I ate about 8 gross things like cockroaches, waterbugs, silkworm larvae, big red ant eggs, grasshoppers, on these videos. One of the sickest things was the cockroaches - I ate it first because I knew I'd throw up hard if I waited until the end. Thought I might lose my nerve by the end. See all 115+ videos here: http://www.youtube.com/thaipulsedotcom

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The Cockroaches perform She's the One.

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All food establishments and facilities (restaurants, delis, cafeterias, bars, grocery stores, meat and seafood markets, wholesale and retail warehouses, mobile carts and trucks etc.) must be maintained and operated so as to prevent the entrance and harborage of vermin. Vermin includes mice, rats, flies, cockroaches and other food-infesting insects. This is state and local health and safety law throughout the U.S. and in most countries, believe it or not. It's the lack of government enforcement and or business practices that is the problem.

Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no acceptable or allowable number or amount of vermin in a food facility. Vermin are strictly illegal in all areas of the establishment, which includes the kitchen, food or equipment storage rooms, restrooms, employee locker and break rooms, customer service and seating areas, trash storage areas and exterior premises. They're illegal not because they are unsightly, but mainly because they are known carriers of numerous dangerous, disease causing microorganisms that can be transmitted to your food, the food contact surfaces etc. potentially causing a serious food poisoning. They also contaminate the food with their hair, fecal droppings, urine, saliva, body parts and general filth. Need I say more?

Vermin in a food facility is a very serious problem and a public health danger, and should be immediately reported to your local Environmental Health Food Inspection Program. A heavy infestation of cockroaches or rodents will sometimes give the establishment a recognizable musty odor. If you detect this odor or any out of the ordinary odor, be wary about patronizing this establishment. A restaurant and any food facility should always smell clean and of fresh food. Anything else could mean something is wrong.

I can not count the number of individuals, including restaurant and market managers and employees, I've come across over the years that believe cockroaches, rats, mice etc. are in every restaurant and food facility, and are as much a part of the establishment as the customers. These people also believe that you can never completely eliminate vermin once they've established themselves. Both of these statements are of course, false.

All types of food facilities, even the newest, nicest, most expensive, elegant restaurant can become infested with vermin. It is fairly common because a restaurant especially, is an ideal environment for cockroaches, rats, mice, flies etc. to thrive. But with good sanitation practices and thorough rodent and insect proofing, extermination and insecticide treatment, one can readily eliminate and prevent infestations. I've not only seen it happen first hand, but as a government inspector ordered food facilities to eliminate a vermin problem countless times.

If a food establishment or facility cannot fully eliminate the vermin, the inspector is duty-bound to either suspend their permit and order them closed and or take legal action and have the local district or city attorney file a criminal misdemeanor complaint against the business and its owner(s). A permit may be suspended immediately, depending on the severity of the infestation. Some jurisdictions may also issue immediate fines or penalties in the form of a ticket or citation.

In many older buildings vermin can be more difficult, but again, certainly not impossible to eliminate. The main reason for this is that there are many more hiding spaces in older buildings that are not easily accessible for cleaning, extermination, etc. There may also be other non-food businesses adjacent to, or in the same building that are doing little or nothing to help eliminate the vermin within their space. Insects, such as cockroaches, can find other things to eat when food or wastes are not available.

So what are the possible solutions to these problems? Here are a few answers:

--A good inspector and or a pest control operator will assist the business in finding those hiding areas that are not so easily accessible and have the business either do what is necessary to make those spaces accessible or have them completely sealed off.

--A good inspector will investigate adjacent food and non-food businesses and issue orders to eliminate the vermin from their space as well, and have the two or more businesses coordinate pest extermination on the same day (vermin are illegal in non-food businesses as well).

--The inspector should point out all the possible ways the vermin can gain entry into the establishment and issue corrective orders to vermin-proof those areas.

When it comes to vermin proofing, newer food facilities have a better likelihood of preventing harborages. Newer facilities must go through a detailed plan-check process prior to opening, where all areas must be designed to prevent and discourage vermin harborage. All ceiling, wall and floor surfaces in certain areas of the facility must meet strict standards.

To learn if your favorite eating and shopping locals have cockroaches, rats, mice, flies or other vermin problems, or any serious health and safety violations, look them up on your local Environmental Health Food Inspection Program's web site, or contact them directly by email of phone to ask how they publish inspection results. You can even request a copy of the facilities latest inspection report. All this information is public record.

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The freaks come out at night, and so do the cockroaches -– and lots of other pests. More than half of U.S. homes used insecticides to get rid of the buggers. But did you know those sprays can harm human health, pet health, and the environment? Umbra shows you how to kill the buzzing -- without being a planetary buzzkill.

LINKS on Grist:

Grist's guide to non-toxic pest control

http://www.grist.org/article/2009-07-09-guide-non-toxic-pest-control

Umbra on live trapping (for mice)

http://www.grist.org/article/a-better-mousetrap

Umbra on mosquitoes
http://www.grist.org/article/umbra-mosquitos

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New episodes return Wednesday, Oct. 7th @ 9pm E/P on Discovery! Check out exclusive footage straight from the MythBusters' own video cameras: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-raw/?smid=YTDSC-YTD-PLP

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The Mythbusters test a myth about cockroaches outliving a nuclear blast and remaining the only lifeforms on earth

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Everyone has pests in their home at one time or another in their lives. Some are easier to get rid of than others. Calling in a specialist pest control company generally means you are more likely to find a long-term solution than just spraying a bit of insecticide yourself.

Ants are a plague in many homes. Finding the nest and pouring boiling water onto it may be very satisfying, but it won't get rid of more than a few thousands of the millions of ants in the nest.

Wasps nests can be dealt with easily if they are in the ground. It is simple enough to watch where the wasps are going into the soil. Then you just buy a puffer bottle of powder from the hardware store, squirt it around the nest entrance and the wasps carry it in. What if the nest is up a tree, or under the roof of the house. Do you really want to be up a ladder being stung by thousands of angry wasps? Forget it and call in the professionals.

Mice often come indoors in the fall, when it gets cold outside. The first sign that you have mice may be rustlings under the furniture as the mice build their nest from scraps of paper you drop. If you wait, matters will only become worse, packets gnawed and small black mouse droppings in your kitchen. Mouse-traps may work, but are you expert enough with a mousetrap that you are not going to set it off and break your finger. Do you really want to remove a mouse with a bloody broken neck from a trap before breakfast?

Rats are a fact of life if you live in the country. You can sit outside at night with a rifle, or you can find someone who will rid you of the infestation by putting down poison on a regular basis. If you shoot one rat, another one will move in to take its place, so while shooting them may be satisfying and good target practice it does not get rid of the problem permanently.

Pest control companies are very discreet and can be hired over the Internet, so your neighbours needn't know you have unwelcome visitors. After all it's not the kind of thing anyone likes to advertise. They will even lead away any stray unicorns.

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Cockroaches are one of the most resilient creatures on this Earth. Find out why they are so hard to exterminate.

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A nasty little story your exterminator will never tell you because either he just doesn't know or is afraid to tell.

Cockroaches have been around for millions of years (or, if you don't buy the theory of evolution, about 6,000 years). Either way, they are here and that's a fact.

There are many different species of cockroaches and they are found almost everywhere. Some species of cockroaches live outdoors in the woods and in the fields and don't usually end up inside our homes.....but others really like our homes and those are the ones I want you to think about right now.

It's funny how we are so in denial about cockroaches. It's true. In Florida, for instance, they are called "Palmetto Bugs". That sounds so much nicer and cleaner than cockroach, doesn't it? How often have I heard someone say, "I saw one of those big brown ugly bugs....you know....the kind that flies...... the....well , you know, like those Palmetto Bugs, the ones in Florida."

"That would be a Smokey Brown Cockroach, Mrs. Smith. Periplaneta fuliginosa"

"Oh no....It wasn't a cockroach....it was one of those big brown....you know....like the ones........"

"Face it Mrs. Smith.....it's a cockroach Deal with it!"

The fact is.....Ccockroaches are found in ALL homes! That's right. Cockroaches are in ALL homes. Maybe not all the time, and certainly some homes have more than others, but, if you live in a home in the Southeastern United States, YOU HAVE COCKROACHES IN YOUR HOME FROM TIME TO TIME! You might not see them, but they are there just the same, hiding in cracks and crevices, in the attic, in the basement or crawl space, in the garage or on the screened porch, in wall voids, in the gutters, behind the fireplace, under the dishwasher, in the pantry, or one or more of a hundred other places. Yep.....you've got roaches whether you like it or not. Don't worry....I'm not going to tell your neighbors. (They've got'em too you know!).

FACT: Cockroaches need food and water so, when they come inside, they are more likely to end up in the kitchen than any other room in the house.

FACT: Cockroaches enter homes through cracks and crevices in most cases, although the German cockroach....the one that is a major problem in restaurants and grocery stores, is usually brought into your home from somewhere else. They don't live out in the woods....only in places where people live.

FACT: Roaches, like the very large Smokey Brown Cockroach, or "Palmetto Bug", live out in the woods and mulch and in the ivy growing around your house. (by the way, you won't like hearing this, but that gorgeous ivy growing all over the side of your house is a virtual ROACH FACTORY!). They enter homes through spaces around door thresholds, windowsills, pipes, vents, cracks, louvers, and eaves. The ONLY WAY TO KEEP THEM OUT is to use weather stripping, caulking and sealing all of the areas where they can get in!

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"Why my home?"

Good question. You have lights on at night and that attracts lots of bugs to the windows and doorways. Try leaving a porch light on at night and go out there and see how many bugs you count. Pretty amazing. There is actually light coming out from underneath the doorway from inside and that light attracts them also. And then they feel the warm temperature of the air coming out from under the door and that also attracts them. Bam....they're inside!

MYTH: If you see one roach, you've got ten. If you see ten, you've got a hundred. Nope. It could be just one.

So.... you understand why you have roaches in your home from time to time.....right?

Now let's take a look at what happens when that roach gets into your home and how he survives. Let's follow him........into the kitchen!

The typical Smokey Brown Cockroach (The really big, ugly, dark brown ones we like to call Palmetto Bugs) likes the kitchen because there is plenty of food and water there.

"But I keep my food in containers and I keep my floors and countertops clean. I am a clean person. My kitchen is clean. No roach would ever find food there. I'm a clean person and a neat housekeeper. Please.....you are insulting me and I don't like it one bit!"

O.K. Calm down.......Let me explain it to you this way. As a matter of fact, it would probably be best for me to just put it in the form of a list for you, but I like telling stories so here's one for you. After you read it, you tell me if a cockroach could possibly survive in YOUR kitchen!

There's this big ole' nasty looking cockroach. We'll just call him "Smokey." He has entered your home through the gap underneath the door to the patio. He has decided to take up residence underneath your dishwasher because it is warm from the heat generated by the motor when it is running and there is moisture from condensation. Dark, damp, warm .....ah, the good life. What a great place to spend a vacation if you are a cockroach!

The first night, Smokey decides to check out all of the restaurants......you know.....find out all of the good places to eat so he doesn't have to waste a lot of time every night going from place to place. He wants to be able to focus on more important things, like finding that cute little female he bumped into a couple'a nights ago out by the gas grill!

Smokey loves the night life, so, as soon as all of the lights are off and you have gone to bed and everything is quiet, he is off to the races!

By the way.....did you know that over 42 types of bacteria have been identified on the feet of cockroaches, including the germs that cause serious diseases such as Salmonellosis, Gastroenetritis, Dysentary and Poliomyelitis? Airborne contaminates from their feces (poop) can also trigger respiratory symptoms including Asthma attacks is sensitive individuals! Certainly not all types on all cockroaches, but enough to say truthfully that everywhere a cockroach travels he leaves behind a trail of bacteria with every footstep. The
types of bacteria vary according to where the cockroach has walked recently. He also picks up new bacteria and transports it from one place to another on the bottoms of his feet, just as you and I would track mud into the house. He walks on dog and cat poop because he just loves the little snacks he finds there. He lives underneath the dishwasher or around the pipes underneath the kitchen sink or refrigerator, and years of scum and food scraps and mold and mildew and crud have built up there and it is a seething mass of bacteria and germs and who knows what other types of contamination.....and all of that junk is all over Smokey's feet and he tracks it around everywhere he goes! Are you with me so far?

While you are asleep at night, Smokey is on the move. He is hungry and so he visits the buffet you have unknowingly provided.

First, he stops off at the toaster. He crawls down inside the toaster and licks the crumbs off of the wire grate and basket that supports your bread when you make toast! It doesn't take long, however, before he is tired of toast. He has crawled all throughout the toaster and it all tastes the same, so he moves on. (Did I mention the bacteria on his feet?)

Next, he goes to the can opener on the countertop. Ah yes....here is a real assortment of exotic foods, all blended together into a form of crud on the little round blade that cuts into the can and goes around the rim when it turns. Each time you open another can, it not only picks up more food from that can, but it deposits the crud and bacteria already present into the can you just opened! Sure....I know you wash it, but you just can't get into all of those hard-to-reach places........not like Smokey can! No Sir. Smokey can lick the crud from that can opener wheel when you didn't even know there was crud on it. As a matter of fact, he crawls all over that can opener until he has licked off every last morsel. Oh, it doesn't matter if you use one of those small, hand operated can openers and leave it in the drawer, because that's his next stop!

Kitchen drawers have no lid on them. They are simply a tray that slides on a track back into the cabinet. All Smokey, (or a mouse or rat for that matter) has to do is just crawl over the top and into the drawer. Now you might ask......why would a big, nasty cockroach want to stop off in the drawer where I keep my silverware and cooking utensils? The answer is really very simple. Those things are not as clean as you think they are. Nope. There is food residue on your spoons and forks and knives and other utensils that you are not even aware of. Not on all of them, but on some of them.......and .Smokey knows its there. You see, he has a very sensitive nose. He can detect things that you and I can't. I guess that's one of the reasons he's been around for so long. Anyway, he crawls all over everything in the drawer and, even if he can't find anything good to lick, he has tracked his nasty feet all over the spoon you will use tomorrow morning to eat you cereal or stir your coffee!

Oh.......I think I forgot to mention.........Smokey "poops" a lot too. Everywhere he goes, he "goes".......if you know what I mean. And by now he has pooped all down inside your toaster, all over your can opener, and all over the inside of your silverware drawer.

Of course he will eventually visit the cabinet where you keep the pots and pans and cookie sheets, and bowls and dishes and cups and glasses and, before the night is over, he may wind up just taking a break from his wanderings and resting for awhile to top of a can of Chicken Noodle Soup or taking a little snooze on the surface your everyday dishes.

Eventually, the long night comes to an end and, on his way back to his hiding place underneath the dishwasher, a tired Smokey makes one last stop to crawl all over your apples, bananas, or whatever else you might have that's worth a nibble or two.

One thing's for sure.......Smokey isn't picky about food. (Although he is quite fond of the cheesy residue that is found on your toddler's pacifier) But then again, that thing is never just lying around at night, is it?

Oh....I almost forgot to mention your gas grill out on the patio or deck. Smokey just loves the grease and leftover food that's all over the cooking surface of your grill. He and all of his buddies like to hide down in the bottom of the grill and, at night when you aren't grilling out, they come up and spend the night feasting and partying all over the exact spot where you just slapped that big sirloin last weekend. If you have one of those vinyl covers over your grill, that's even better. As a matter of fact, many times I have lifted one of those covers and seen dozens of cockroaches scurrying in all directions. When those folks invite me over for a cookout, I always make it a point to bring a casserole for myself!

So........the next time you see a "Palmetto Bug" on the porch or patio, or find one on the kitchen floor and you don't think it's anything to be concerned about, just remember this..........they don't always end up in the kitchen. Nope. Sometimes they end up in the bathroom. After all.....they do love the taste of the toothpaste residue on your toothbrush and around the edges of the lid to the toothpaste tube!

And that's a fact

P.S. If Smokey actually turns out to be "Smolina", she may produce up to 300 offspring over the next 6 months to one year.......all in your kitchen. Think about that!

By Hal Coleman

Hal Coleman is an Entomologist (bug expert) and owner/ president of North Fulton Exterminating in Alpharetta. He is also past president of The Georgia Pest Control Association. He is a well-known speaker and educator in the pest control industry. Check out Hal's websites, http://www.NorthFultonExterminating.com and http://www.YuckyNastyBugFacts.com for FREE REPORTS and Pest Prevention information. Hal can be reached at Hal@NorthFultonExterminating.com or 770-475-7419.

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