From P. L. G. BATEMAN
Harry Miller’s cockroach balls (Letters, 1 August) confirm the effectiveness
of boric acid which has been used here against cockroaches for half a century.
Unfortunately, anyone in Britain making up Miller’s home-made remedy
is liable to prosecution under the Control of Pesticide Regulations 1986,
which make it a criminal offence to use as a pesticide any formulation not
specifically approved for the purpose.
However, encapsulated insecticides and the synthesis of insect growth
regulators provide cockroach control that is also environmentally acceptable
– along with a few officially registered and approved formulations of boric
acid.
P. L. G. Bateman British Pest Control Association Derby
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