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Tick Season Is Almost Here: Know The Bug That Bit You
One attraction to a lawn care or landscaping career is the ability to work outside rather than being stuck inside behind a desk all day. But it isn’t all fresh air and sunshine: Working with turf, brush and trees also increases your chances of being bitten by disease-carrying ticks. Tick season officially takes place between April and October. What used to be considered a regional issue is now a national concern due to the migration of these insects. Lyme disease is the most known tick-borne disease, but it’s not the only tick-borne pathogen out there. After a tick bite, NJ Labs recommends testing for other tick-borne pathogens including Rickettsiosis, a spotted fever, or Ehrlichiosis, a potential breathing and blood disorder. “When it comes to finding ticks, people worry most about Lyme disease and as a result, the market focus is on promoting Lyme disease testing. However, other tick species carry different types of tick-borne pathogens that can be just as dangerous to your health,” says Sandra Lee, CEO of NJ Labs whose analytical testing lab offers tick collection testing kits under the name Tick SURE. “Our tick collection testing kit is designed to avoid expensive, in-person lab visits by giving broad-range, quick results at a reduced cost.” Deer ticks are the only ticks that carry Lyme disease. However, there are many other tick species that can also cause virus-like symptoms including headaches, fever, fatigue, chills and muscle aches. If you’re bitten by a tick, you should make sure that ...
Tick Season Is Almost Here: Know The Bug That Bit You
One attraction to a lawn care or landscaping career is the ability to work outside rather than being stuck inside behind a desk all day. But it isn’t all fresh air and sunshine: Working with turf, brush and trees also increases your chances of being bitten by disease-carrying ticks. Tick season officially takes place between April and October. What used to be considered a regional issue is now a national concern due to the migration of these insects. Lyme disease is the most known tick-borne disease, but it’s not the only tick-borne pathogen out there. After a tick bite, NJ Labs recommends testing for other tick-borne pathogens including Rickettsiosis, a spotted fever, or Ehrlichiosis, a potential breathing and blood disorder. “When it comes to finding ticks, people worry most about Lyme disease and as a result, the market focus is on promoting Lyme disease testing. However, other tick species carry different types of tick-borne pathogens that can be just as dangerous to your health,” says Sandra Lee, CEO of NJ Labs whose analytical testing lab offers tick collection testing kits under the name Tick SURE. “Our tick collection testing kit is designed to avoid expensive, in-person lab visits by giving broad-range, quick results at a reduced cost.” Deer ticks are the only ticks that carry Lyme disease. However, there are many other tick species that can also cause virus-like symptoms including headaches, fever, fatigue, chills and muscle aches. If you’re bitten by a tick, you should make sure that ...
Sale Of Japanese Barberry To Be Banned In PA
Japanese barberry, or Berberis thunbergii, an invasive but popular landscaping shrub due to its red color and deer resistance, will be illegal to sell or cultivate in Pennsylvania by Fall 2023. The PA Department of Agriculture added Japanese barberry to a list of noxious weeds — plants that cannot be legally sold or cultivated in the state—last month. The non-native, ornamental shrub forms dense, prickly thickets and has increasingly garnered attention in the past several years as a prolific invader that can easily spread into woodlands, pastures, fields and natural areas, crowding out plants and disrupting native ecosystems. It is also thought to harbor black-legged ticks that spread lyme disease. The ban on sale and cultivation took effect October 8, 2021. Pennsylvania now joins other northeastern states, such as New York, Maryland, and others, that ban or restrict the sale of Japanese barberry. In Maryland, for instance, the Department of Agriculture (MDA) has named it a Tier 2 invasive plant. This classification means retail stores must display a sign indicating it’s an invasive plant and landscapers may not supply it unless they provide their client with a list of Tier 2 invasive plants. Enforcement of the ban in PA will be phased in over two years to allow time for nurseries to eliminate it from their stock, find non-harmful alternatives, and develop seedless, sterile varieties that pose less threat to the environment and agriculture. Landscape and nursery businesses will receive notices of the timeline, procedures, and exemption process for sterile ...
Sale Of Japanese Barberry To Be Banned In PA
Japanese barberry, or Berberis thunbergii, an invasive but popular landscaping shrub due to its red color and deer resistance, will be illegal to sell or cultivate in Pennsylvania by Fall 2023. The PA Department of Agriculture added Japanese barberry to a list of noxious weeds — plants that cannot be legally sold or cultivated in the state—last month. The non-native, ornamental shrub forms dense, prickly thickets and has increasingly garnered attention in the past several years as a prolific invader that can easily spread into woodlands, pastures, fields and natural areas, crowding out plants and disrupting native ecosystems. It is also thought to harbor black-legged ticks that spread lyme disease. The ban on sale and cultivation took effect October 8, 2021. Pennsylvania now joins other northeastern states, such as New York, Maryland, and others, that ban or restrict the sale of Japanese barberry. In Maryland, for instance, the Department of Agriculture (MDA) has named it a Tier 2 invasive plant. This classification means retail stores must display a sign indicating it’s an invasive plant and landscapers may not supply it unless they provide their client with a list of Tier 2 invasive plants. Enforcement of the ban in PA will be phased in over two years to allow time for nurseries to eliminate it from their stock, find non-harmful alternatives, and develop seedless, sterile varieties that pose less threat to the environment and agriculture. Landscape and nursery businesses will receive notices of the timeline, procedures, and exemption process for sterile ...
