Brianne Hinchliffe

Banning the sale of SGARs is not enough. This bill would give the pest control industry exclusive use of SGARs (and other rodenticides), leading to more wildlife poisoning, not less. The pest control industry’s increasing reliance on rodent control contracts has driven the widespread use of rodenticides. Fear-based “rodent control” is highly profitable. Long-term contracts mean endlessly refilled outdoor bait stations and steady revenue for pest control companies and poison manufacturers like Bell Labs. I oppose HB 1676 because it would hand the industry a monopoly and expand its market by shifting rodenticide use from homeowners to pest control operators. What pest control companies call “responsible use” has led us exactly here — widespread, ongoing outdoor baiting, poisoning the food chain .