'Sanitation, sanitation, sanitation': Avoiding insect invasions

Imagine yourself in a tight, dark space, damp from water and festering with thousands of cockroaches crawling all over you. You can feel the little legs running over your skin. It sounds like a scene from a nightmare. 

Although this scenario isn’t a common occurrence, Tim Freels says he has found himself in the occasional “unnerving” situation.

Purdue turns to its pest and rodent control technician for its occasional insect infestations. Freels said insects are not necessarily a major issue on campus, but with so many people and buildings, pest control problems do sometimes arise.

“They do pop up just for the fact that you’ve got over 40,000 students and 10,000 faculty and staff that are working on campus,” he said. “Everyone’s got food. You’ve got kitchens and all those sorts of things, so all that stuff is going to attract pests and rodents.”

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