Heather Gooch – Pest Management Professional

PMPs reveal their favorite problem-solving products

These fan favorites help you save labor, materials and callback visits.

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Photo Finish: PMPs rally for community causes

It never ceases to amaze the Pest Management Professional staff how readers across the country prove that their dedication to...

IN MEMORIAM: Ernie Nascimento

The New England pest management community is mourning the loss of Ernie Nascimento, a dedicated industry leader and the founder...

The Aust Group facilitates Eco-Care sale to American Pest

The transaction officially closed on Nov. 3, 2025.

PMP announces Hall of Fame inductees for 2026

Following a year’s hiatus, the Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Fame committee has proudly voted in the distinguished Class...

IN MEMORIAM: Joe Barlok

Joe Barlok, ACE, VP of service for RJM Pest Services in New York City and husband, father and grandfather, passed...

Industry veteran joins CSI as technical service manager

Anna Iversen, BCE, brings more than two decades of expertise in pest management, product development and technical services.

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NCSU study links cockroach infestations to airborne endotoxins

New research from North Carolina State University (NCSU) links residential cockroach infestations to high levels of indoor contaminants. The findings,...

University of Aberdeen study: How research tags affect Dubia cockroaches

A new paper from Scotland’s University of Aberdeen initially arose from an entirely different experiment: researchers were originally looking to...

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Purdue University: Salmonella is replicating in German cockroaches

New research suggests German cockroaches may actively replicate Salmonella in their gut, increasing the risk of antimicrobial-resistant infections in humans.

Brownyard Group celebrates 75th anniversary with new branding

Brownyard is recognized as the longest-running, family-owned program administrator in the U.S.

IN MEMORIAM: Jim Ogle

Jim Ogle, second-generation owner of Lloyd Pest Control, died Nov. 15 at age 89.

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Roach review: What we don’t know about the industry’s “bread-and-butter” pest

For the most part, cockroaches are the bread-and-butter insect of the professional pest control industry. But it seems the more...

Rentokil Terminix names interim leader for innovation center

Oz Siddique is group innovation and product development director for parent company Rentokil Initial in Rickmansworth, England.

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EPA approves new active that controls cockroaches, termites, bed bugs

On Nov. 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency registered 10 products containing the new active ingredient isocycloseram.