Gulf News Report: Unsafe ‘bombs’ meant for industrial use are deployed in homes with disastrous results
Dubai: Pest control companies have warned residents against using cheaper unlicensed alternatives after three people died from suspected poisoning recently in the UAE.
A three-year-old Bangladeshi girl and her eight-month-old sister died in Ajman after a neighbouring apartment was treated with chemicals on June 1, officials said.
Separately, a 35-year-old Filipina beauty salon worker died in Fujairah on June 12 in similar circumstances, police said. Two of her Ethiopian housemates fell seriously ill in the incident.
A number of other residents have previously died from suspected poisoning after being exposed to chemicals unfit for domestic pest control, the companies said.
“People don’t realise this can be a serious public health and safety issue, things can go horribly wrong if you call in the wrong guys,” said P. Pramod, managing director of Universal Pesticides Trading and Services, a licensed UAE operator.
He added that a “dangerously common” threat is the home use of powerful industrial-strength chemicals called “bombs”.
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