Among the underestimated pests are cockroaches which pose great effects to both human health and their environment. As a threat to human health, cockroaches are known to be disease causing and transfer organisms. They enable the transmission of pathogens, a disease causing bacteria, that poisons human food through contamination of both the food and the utensils through which these food are prepared.

Cockroach effects on human health include transmission of gastrointestinal disorders and allergic reactions through triggering of asthma. Their nymphs shade off their exoskeletons that may cause asthmatic reactions when inhaled by humans. Cockroaches also may deposit their waste near food and drinks and if consumed by people, it may cause sickness. They thus may be able to transmit fatal diseases such as cholera, hepatitis A, dysentery, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps and that is why you need to call pest control Mississauga. Continue reading →