Question from Marcia Sherwin
Hi Debra:
I know that you said that you’d never live in a house that has been fumigated.
Well, I’ve held that position myself for many, many years. In fact as a realtor I’ve always been able to talk all of my buyers and sellers into using a non-toxic method and in over 29 years of selling real estate, never has one of my listings or sales properties been fumigated! It’s the first thing I talk about when sitting down for a listing appointment as in California termites are big business and every transaction requires a termite inspection.
Well the unthinkable finally happened to me! I’ve livec in my town home for 33 years and never had a termite problem. All of a sudden our board decided to fumigate the entire complex of 231 townhomes.
I single handedly started my own research campaign showing the dangers of Vikane Gas (sulfural flouride) and presented many alternative methods that work equally well, and better to our board – I was even able to get them to allow the representatives from the heat treatment method which also kills mold, fungus, mildew, bacteria and viruses along with someone from a method known as the DriOut method which uses a Silca Gel that they have the patent on….it fell on the board’s deaf ears. The bottom line is that after 1-1/2 years of my striving to get
