Cockroaches could soon be almost impossible to kill with pesticides

Most common household cockroach able to develop 'cross resistance' to multiple types of chemicals, US study findsCockroaches have become harder to kill and could soon be "almost impossible" to control using pesticides alone, according to a study funded by the United States housing department.Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana spent six months trying to eradicate German cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.), one of the most common species of household cockroach in the US, Australia and Europe, from three low-rise apartment buildings in Illinois and Indiana. Continue reading...