The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas recently held an inaugural hands-on integrated pest management, or IPM, training class for more than a dozen professionals and paraprofessionals in the business of pest control. The class was the first to be offered using the IPM Experience House, a facility designed to train pest-control professionals how to control pests more safely and effectively. Integrated pest management is a way of conducting pest control that seeks the best, science-based solutions, while protecting the environment and human health.

 

This article connects with environmental science because it talks about how we as humans interact with the environment. Pest management professionals provide critical services to our communities by controlling pests like termites, fire ants, cockroaches, bed bugs, rodents and other important pests. This article centers around finding ways to deal with these effects on the environment caused by incorrect use of pesticide. In addition, it mentions how to innovate the usage of pesticides.

Schattenberg, P. (2015, August 18). Pest control experts learn by doing at Texas A&M AgriLife program. Retrieved August 31, 2015, from http://today.agrilife.org/2015/08/18/pest-control-ipmexperiencedallas/