He lectured our class today, Carl Olson, on bugs, a UA assistant researcher out of Tucson. "There is no such thing as a bad bug" he said, and repeatedly stressed the importance of staying away from chemical pesticides. Stomp on bugs, keep a clean habitat (prevent the bug's habitat) and don't provide food and water and you shouldn't have a bug problem, he added.
Although he came across at first as overly-biased, in the end I understood Olson's passion and actually agree with him 100% on how to best manage a bug problem. His idea about pesticides is similiar to my idea of pharmaceuticals: the majority are unneccessary and only profit for the drug-makers.
Olson was very animated throughout the class. He was gracious enough to stay an extra 30 minutes to answer questions about ants, termites and spiders.
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