The U.S. House of Representatives passed a final $1.1 billion Zika funding package, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) said in its weekly ePestWorld newsletter to members. Important components of the Zika funding package for the structural pest management industry include: $476,000,000 in funds will be made available directly to CDC through September 2017 to prevent, prepare for and respond […]
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