Suppose you have just started your own pest control business. One of your first clients is a restaurant owner whose kitchen has become infested with rats. Identify and describe one negative health risk posed by rats to the restaurant's customers. Identify two possible sources of the rat infestation, and describe an appropriate prevention strategy that targets each source.
You meet a farmer whose crops are being eaten by caterpillars. The farmer has been using a carbamate-based insecticide to control her pest problem. Describe one potential negative effect to the environment and one potential negative effect to human health caused by using carbamates. Identify and describe two integrated pest management (IPM) practices that the farmer could use instead of carbamates to control her caterpillar problem.
The farmer with the caterpillar problem asks you how IPM might affect her financially. Answer her question by explaining the concept of a pesticide treadmill.
Identify and describe one additional economic cost and one additional economic benefit, other than those discussed in Part (c), that the farmer is likely to derive from the IPM system you recommended in Part (b)