So I live in LA and our apartment is clean and also full of roach traps, but our neighbors are filthy creatures and roaches come from the other apartments to hang out with us. These are the little cute roaches, not the giant nauseating ones. But they are gross.
The landlord wants to have roach chemicals (three of them, i forget the names) sprayed in all the apartments. I'm nervous. We have to put away all the food and all the stuff in the bathrooms etc, and after they spray we are not supposed to clean the surfaces because it will get rid of the poison. Is this like, safe? To have poison on the counters and such when we cook?
I'm inclined to say no (preferring a couple of little buggies to a home full of weird poisons), but on the other hand, it was suggested that if every other unit is sprayed, the roaches may ALL come take up residence in my apartment. We have no kids or pets or anything, although we are both pretty sensitive to weird chemicals and everything in our place is "natural" or "fragrance-free" (everything gives my partner eczema, and everything gives me hives and headaches and whatnot). Can anybody offer any clever advice?
The landlord wants to have roach chemicals (three of them, i forget the names) sprayed in all the apartments. I'm nervous. We have to put away all the food and all the stuff in the bathrooms etc, and after they spray we are not supposed to clean the surfaces because it will get rid of the poison. Is this like, safe? To have poison on the counters and such when we cook?
I'm inclined to say no (preferring a couple of little buggies to a home full of weird poisons), but on the other hand, it was suggested that if every other unit is sprayed, the roaches may ALL come take up residence in my apartment. We have no kids or pets or anything, although we are both pretty sensitive to weird chemicals and everything in our place is "natural" or "fragrance-free" (everything gives my partner eczema, and everything gives me hives and headaches and whatnot). Can anybody offer any clever advice?