-=> Quoting Jerry Schwartz to Regina Finan <=-
 RF>  What type of link is there between inner-city asthma and cockroaches?
 JS> I've only heard a bit about this, but apparently there are inner-city
 JS> neighborhoods where perhaps 30% of the people have asthma.  Cockroach
 JS> feces are being investigated as the culprit.  Originally there was a
 JS> lot of speculation about "urban pollution" but cockroaches are a known
 JS> allergen and are more widespread than any single form of man-made
 JS> pollution. 
 This is quite interesting.  We bought a house a few months ago and it
 had roaches.  We don't really see them anymore, but I'm sure I will find
 a few when I tear out the walls.
 Oh I know about roaches, just not some of the studies on them.  I use to
 work for a pesticide company.  I was their bookkeeper and then became a
 technician.  Alot of the nice houses in east Dearborn would have them.
 The houses were clean.  Its just that they multiply so fast that if you
 sprayed one house they just went next door.  I remember going to one house
 and spraying.  I didn't see anything so I used a spray with a long skinny
 nozzle.  Like what you get on WD40.  As I sprayed in the tinest of holes
 they started falling all over the place.  I ducked of course.  It
 was a trip.  I've seen some pretty bad places.
 Its funny though, since I moved from a nicer neighborhood to this poorer
 one my kids have been healthier.
 Regina
... A feature is a bug with seniority.
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