using certain rodenticides for controlling rodent populations. There is ongoing public pressure, as well as a recently passed California law (California Assembly Bill 1788), that aims to ban second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides given their “adverse impact” on non-target animals.

See below for information from an organization that supports a ban on these types of rodenticides: 

https://www.clawonline.org/help-ban-rodenticide (Links to an external site.)

Here is what Pest Management professionals and subject matter experts have to say about recent legislation aiming to do the same:

https://www.mypmp.net/2019/09/26/industry-advocates-weigh-in-on-californias-proposed-rodenticide-ban/ (Links to an external site.)

Please answer the following questions. Separate and number your responses to correspond to the questions:

(Question 1) Can you imagine a scenario where this ban will become a barrier to preventing rodent-borne disease and protecting public health?

(Question 2) How do you think Californians will react if rodent-borne diseases increase and start infecting and affecting their family members?

(Question 3) If people start dying from these diseases, should we (a) reverse the ban in its entirety, (b) allow expanded use in specific and defined applications, or (c) do we accept it as a cost toward protecting wildlife and simply “hope” our family members don’t contract rodent-borne diseases?