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Learn the Top Reasons Companies earn QualityPro Accreditation

The pests are out. Are you hiring? One of the top reasons companies earn QualityPro Accreditation is to help in recruitment efforts. Potential employees value a professional workplace and company committed to excellence. Learn more.

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Heard From the Hill

New York City Releases Vaccine Mandate

Mayor de Blasio has announced a vaccine mandate for businesses in New York City regardless of size. The rule comes into effect on December 27th, at which point all employees must have received 2 shots of a 2 shot series or 1 shot of Johnson & Johnson. This is estimated to cover 184,000 businesses.

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"Best Of Sessions" From PestWorld 2021 Now Available On Demand!

NPMA is excited to offer On Demand access to the top 15 education sessions and two general sessions featured at PestWorld! These sessions will be provided On Demand through the NPMA Online Learning Center from December 1st, 2021 through February 28th, 2022. The access fee is $199 for members and $299 for nonmembers.

The complete list of On Demand sessions can be found HERE. Scroll to the bottom to find the PESTWORLD 2021 ON DEMAND virtual sessions. Six virtual trainings have been approved for credit in most states so you can earn credit towards your license from the convenience of your home or office! For more information on credit approvals by state, click HERE. For all credit-related questions, please contact Jill-Morgan Aubert.

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Members Make Headlines

Pestech Pest Services is Giving Back to the Community with a Veteran Coat Drive

Pestech Pest Services in Poughkeepsie, NY partnered with a Veteran program to donate coats to local veterans in need. They collected many coats, and donations. We appreciate our members doing amazing things for their community. Thank you Pestech and Happy Holidays!

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Gardex First Annual Toy Drive was a Huge Success!

Gardex Chemicals Ltd. started supporting a shelter serving women in need of a safe place to live. Many of these women have children, from newborns to teenagers. No one wants to see a child go without a present for the holidays, so Gardex hosted its First Annual Toy Drive. Dozens of pest control companies and suppliers contributed with toys, clothing, gift cards, and generous cash donations. Gardex would like to thank each and everyone for their donations.

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Weekly Headlines

‘It’s a Jungle Out There’: Clearwater Police Pull 5-Foot Snake from Man’s New Couch

WFLA
A Pinellas County man called police Saturday afternoon when he found a nearly five-foot-long red-tailed boa deep inside his new couch, Clearwater police said.

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Novel Lyme Vaccine Shows Promise

Yale.edu
Yale University researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and may also combat other tick-borne diseases.

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Forget the Queen, Kill the Brood to Eliminate Subterranean Termite Colonies

UF/IFAS
A new study, led by researchers at the University of Florida at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), shows that eliminating a colony of subterranean termites begins by targeting eggs and ends with a starving queen.

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Airborne DNA Used to Detect Insect Species in Breakthrough for Ecologists

The Guardian
Bees, moths, flies, beetles, wasps and ants have been identified in a study which raises hopes that airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) could become a useful tool in monitoring insect abundance and declines in biodiversity.

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Wisconsin Sees Increase in 'Gypsy' Moth Population Thanks to Dry Spring and Summer

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin is seeing an uptick in an invasive species of bugs known as the "gypsy" moths thanks to dry weather this spring and summer.

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