There’s no denying it: the summer is drawing to a close, and as Montrealers spend more time indoors, the pests won’t be far behind. In a city that’s known for its winters, the colder months are high-season for small animals and insects looking to nest inside our homes.
The City of Montreal has backtracked on its list of banned chemicals to allow the use of one rodenticide commonly used to exterminate rats. The city has decided to allow exterminators to use diphacinone, which until this week was banned alongside glyphosate, a controversial herbicide, Bromethaline, a neurotoxin with no known antidote, and about 30 other fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and rodenticides.