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Paramount’s Green & NaturalPest Management Solutions uses only natural, organic, botanical and biological pest-control products to achieve superior pest-control results without the side effects (problems) of traditional pest control.

Paramount Pest Doctors Green & Natural Pest Management solutions is a category of pest-control services that use natural, organic, botanical and biological materials to effectively and cost-efficiently control pest problems while providing an unmatched margin of safety around people, pets, possessions and the environment. Our unique Natural Pest Management (Green & Natural Product Pest Control) provides effective control of pests, such as ants, roaches, spiders, fleas, ticks, silverfish, rodents and other pests without any sprayed liquid chemicals. Paramount Pest Doctors Green & Natural techniques are built around several fundamental characteristics with Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM is a decision-making process that anticipates and prevents pest activity and infestation by combining several strategies to achieve a long-term solution using the least-toxic pesticides possible. In particular, IPM includes premise inspection, pest identification, treatment (control) methods and monitoring. Paramount Pest Doctors, like any good IPM approach, involves all of these important steps. However, what distinguishes our system is the specific pest-control products (e.g., natural, organic, botanical and green biological products) and treatment methods that we use.

With our “Green & Natural” solution we do not use any synthetic pesticides or EPA-restricted use pesticides. In addition, we use treatment methods such as interior baiting, void-injection dusting, and exterior granular bait applications that have an enormous margin of safety over traditional pest control techniques. Our Green & Natural Pest Management system does not include chemical baseboard spraying inside your home so there is no chemical drift or residue to inhale, or to settle on food or household surfaces. In addition, our system does not use broadcast spraying of liquid chemicals outside of your home so there is no chemical drift to interfere with beneficial insects or to deposit chemicals on areas frequented by pets and children. Overall, our Green &Natural Pest Management system employs the decision-making methodology of IPM in combination with products and treatment methods that are effective yet address the concerns that many customers have regarding the safety of traditional pest control.The Green & Natural Pest Management system is based on three zones of protection as described in the picture and table below.

Paramount’s Green&Natural Pest Management exterior treatment system is different than most other exterior treatment systems. Traditional perimeter treatment (practiced by most pest-control companies) is to broadcast spray a liquid chemical barrier around the outside of your home. Instead of changing the environment in which the insects live (e.g., food, water or harborage), most companies that apply chemical barriers are only masking the true problem.

The Green& Natural Pest Management system does not use sprayed chemical barriers whatsoever. Rather, we use a novel perimeter baiting system with a proprietary mixture of highly effective baits.

Treatment — Exterior Perimeter Baiting

Our primary exterior perimeter treatment is a novel form of baiting using patented bait stations and a proprietary combination of liquid and granular baits.

What is the Treatment?

Exterior baiting strategically places bait around the perimeter of your home and its attached structures and pool (if any). The goal is to place the bait in areas where pests are located or can readily find it through foraging. Unlike other pest-control companies that might use baiting, Paramount’s Green &Natural Pest Management Solutions uses a variety of low-toxicity baits, some of which our personnel assisted in co-developing over the past decade. We put all of our baits inside of bait stations, making them completely inaccessible to little fingers or paws.

How Does it Work?

The goal of baiting is to entice foraging pests to feed on the bait outside of your home so they have no need to forage inside of your home. Upon feeding, they either die or return to their nest and feed the bait to other members of the colony including the queen. For example, in the case of many ants species, each foraging ant feeds eight to ten ants in the colony. All the pests that eat the bait die and the colony is rendered ineffective.

Benefits

Here are some of the important benefits of using the Paramount’s Green &Natural Pest Management Exterior Perimeter Baiting system:

  • No sprayed chemical barriers whatsoever.
  • Because baits are protected within bait stations, they are safe from mother nature and your sprinklers keeping them fresh for an extended period of time.
  • Because we use multiple baits (instead of a one-size-fits-all chemical product), we can pick and choose the baits that we want to use to control your pest problem. This approach reduces the negative effects on beneficial insects.
  • Paramount’s Green & Natural Pest Management Solution allows technicians know where to strategically place bait stations around your home to obtain maximum results. This is in stark contrast to broadcast spraying that just indiscriminately spews chemicals both inside and outside the target area.
  • Many pests change their preference for baits over time (for example, at one time they prefer sweet food and at another time they may prefer protein-based food). Knowing which baits or combination of baits to use and when to use them is something that only time and experience will teach. When it comes to baiting, you can trust Paramount’s Green & Natural Pest Management Solutions.
  • We use a completely natural pest-management system, which means we do not use ANY synthetic poisons. Baits and the baiting process will be harmed if the baits are contaminated by coming into contact with synthetic poisons or cleaners used to remove synthetic poisons (by washing or cleaning hands). There are pest-control companies that use baiting in combination with synthetic chemicals. It is highly likely that any baiting provided by these companies has been compromised and will likely have significantly reduced effectiveness. In many cases, these pest control companies store their baits in close proximity to their liquid chemicals inside of their trucks, so the baits may be compromised even before they enter your home! With Paramount’s Natural & Green Natural & Green Pest Management Solutions, you get pure, effective baiting.

Lawn Service — Zone 3

Our Lawn Service (Zone 3) is designed to feed and control pests on the lawn and other vegetative areas nearby so they have little incentive to approach your home. Pest that have harborage away from your home (for example, a colony nest somewhere on your property) will leave their nest in search of food and water. By providing enticing food (in the form of a bait) on the lawn, we have an excellent opportunity to obtain control over the pests before they ever get close to your home.

The Paramount’s Green & Natural Pest Management Solutions lawn treatment is different than most other systems. Traditional lawn treatment (practiced by most pest-control companies) is to broadcast spray liquid chemicals on your lawn.

Treatment — Lawn Service

The Paramount’s Green&Natural Pest Management Solutions lawn treatment's goal is to reduce the population of home-invading pests found on your lawn.

What is the Treatment?

Our lawn treatment uses a unique mixture of low-toxicity granular baits that is used to treat all grass, mulch beds, flower beds and ornamental areas. The granular mixture is spread evenly over the desired area and is used to control the following pests:

  • Ants including: Argentine, Carpenter, Thief, Pharaoh, Little Black, Pavement, Imported Fire, Domestic Fire Ants, Odorous House and Crazy Ants
  • Cockroaches including: Asian, American, Brown, Brown Banded, Smokey Brown, German and Oriental Cockroache
  • Crickets including: Camel, House, Field and Mole Crickets
  • Earwigs, Silverfish, Snails and Slugs

How Does it Work?

Grass, flower beds and related areas are traditional feeding grounds for pests. The goal of our lawn treatment is to place easily consumed baits in these areas so that foraging pests can consume them and die. In some cases, pests that live in colonies will transfer the bait back to the colony where its effects can be realized on all members of the colony (including the queen).

Benefits

Important benefits of the Paramount’s Green &Natural Pest Management Solutions lawn treatment includes:

  • No sprayed chemical barriers.
  • Our unique mixture of granular baits ensure that we have the proper type of bait (based on pest preference) available at all times.
  • Our low-toxicity granular baits provide an unmatched margin of safety to children or pets who may touch or walk on the treated area.
  • Our granular baits are attractants and not repellents. We want pests to eat the granules and take them back to the colony. Other products are designed to repel pests from your lawn so they will seek out another path to your home.
  • Our granular baits are water-resistant, and therefore stay fresh for an extended period of time.
  • Our granular baits are not affected by sunlight or rain, unlike traditional liquid chemicals.

Treatment — Nematode Flea Treatment

We offer a specialized treatment service for outside fleas. Our treatment uses beneficial nematodes, which are microscopic, non-segmented roundworms that occur naturally in soil throughout the world.

What is the Treatment?

Our nematode treatment is applied directly to your lawn, mulch area, flower beds, and many other outside areas where fleas may exist. On an average size home and lot, we will apply upwards of 50 million nematodes. To activate the nematodes and make them more successful, we mix them with water and spread them on the lawn and related areas.

In addition to fleas, our nematode treatment is very effective against: chinch bugs, white grubs, caterpillars, cutworms, sod webworms, worker/soldier ants, worker/soldier termites, armyworms, artichoke plume moths, Asian cockroaches, American cockroaches, German cockroaches, beet armyworms, black cutworms, bluegrass weevils, codling moths, corn earworms, cotton bollworms, cucumber beetles, fall armyworms, fly larvae, fruit flies, leaf miners, mole crickets, tobacco budworms, wireworms, and more.

How Does it Work?

Inside the nematode's gut is the real weapon — symbiotic bacteria that when released inside an insect kill it within 24 to 48 hours. The nematodes enter the insect via the mouth, anus, respiratory openings, or directly through the body wall of the pest. The nematodes then eject their symbiotic bacteria inside the pest's body. The bacteria multiply and cause blood poisoning of the pest, leading to death. The bacteria also convert host tissue into nutritive products, which can easily be taken up by nematodes. Inside the dead insect, the nematodes feed and multiply. As the food resources within the dead pest become scarce, the nematodes will exit the dead insect and immediately start searching for a new host.

Benefits

There are a number of outstanding benefits to our nematode treatment:

  • Nematodes have no effect on people or pets.
  • Traditional treatments such as synthetic pyrethrine or pyrethroid, carbanomate, and organophosphates easily can leach into the groundwater and, eventually, into the water supply. In addition, these chemicals have a transfer effect so if you walk on the grass or child or pets walk on the grass they could transfer these chemicals inside your home.
  • Traditional treatments are negatively effected by water. If it rains or your sprinklers run after the treatment, the effectiveness of the chemicals will be significantly diluted (i.e., the percent of active ingredient will be substantially reduced). Nematodes, on the other hand, love water. So, if you run your sprinklers or it rains, it will make for more effective nematodes.

Treatment — Diatomaceous Earth Tick Treatment

We offer a special-purpose service to address ticks. Rather than using traditional synthetic pesticides, we use Diatomaceous Earth, which is also called silicon dioxide. Diatomaceous Earth is as chemically inert as road dust, but when properly used, it is very effective against insect pests. Unlike chemical insecticides, Diatomaceous Earth is a mechanical insecticide.

What is the Treatment?

Ticks live on and near wood. As such, our Diatomaceous Earth treatment focuses on wood structures that surround your home and the grass that can provide paths from one wood structure to another. We spread a layer of Diatomaceous Earth (mixed with water) on your wood structures (for example, porches, decks, fences, etc.) and grass. Diatomaceous Earth is highly effective, but to ensure the results you expect, we treat your home twice.

How Does it Work?

Insects control their body moisture by means of a complex ‘waxy’ coating on the outside of their exoskeletons, i.e., their shells. This coating is naturally porous, which permits slow loss of water and evaporation. If the waxy coating is damaged, the insect suffers serious injury.

Diatomaceous Earth is made up of ancient skeletal remains of diatoms. These one-celled creatures have hard, sharp structures that are small enough to abrade, cut or pierce an insect’s waxy coating. But the structures are so small that Diatomaceous Earth feels as soft as baby powder to humans. Diatomaceous Earth is also an excellent absorbent. This strong absorbency literally sucks the life fluid from insects.

Benefits

The following are some of the benefits of using Diatomaceous Earth:

  • It is highly effective against ticks.
  • It replaces traditional synthetic chemical treatments with a naturally occurring substance that works by mechanical means.
  • Children and pets immediately can walk and play on the areas treated with Diatomaceous Earth.

Products

Paramount’s Green &Natural Pest Management Solutions uses only natural, organic, botanical and biological pest-control products to achieve superior pest-control results without the side effects (problems) of traditional pest control.

Overview of Pesticides

A simplified definition of a pesticide is any substance for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. Pesticides are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requirements. Individual states also have laws that govern pesticide definition and use. The EPA defines three classes of pesticides:

  • Restricted Use—the most toxic of all pesticides. These pesticides are defined as those that may cause adverse effects on the environment, and/or the applicator. They generally will be available only to certified applicators. Paramount’s Natural &Green Natural& Green Pest Management Solutions does not use any restricted-use pesticides.
  • Generl Use—pesticides that have a lower toxicity than restricted-use pesticides and so less potential to harm humans or the environment.
  • Minimum Risk— are products exempted from EPA registration and contain only active ingredients outlined in FIFRA 40 CFR 152.25(g) (“the 25b list”) and inert ingredients currently identified on Federal Register Notice 59 FR 49400 (“the 4A list”). The EPA has determined the ingredients on these lists do not pose any risk to humans or the environment. Minimum Risk products can provide fast knockdown and kill of broad spectrum of insects and other pests and, for the most part, use active ingredients that are considered "food" to human or pets.

Paramount’s Green &Natural Pest Management Solutions uses only Minimum Risk and General Use pest-control products.

Problems with Traditional Pesticides

Traditional synthetic pesticide can cause a number of unwanted side effects including:

  • Acute poisoning in humans, such as mild to severe illness or death.
  • Chronic effects in humans, including cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.
  • Allergic effects in humans.
  • Environmental problems, such as groundwater contamination and wildlife damage
  • Unintended killing of beneficial insects such as ladybugs

Paramount’s Natural & Green Pest Management Solution Products

Our systems uses natural, organic, botanical and biological products in various formulations including liquids, gels, granules and dust. All of our products are either EPA Minimum Risk (which are generally regarded as safe) or EPA General Use products. We also use a variety of traps.

Zone Name Description
1. Interior This Zone ranges from the voids in the walls that frame the home to all areas inside of the home and garage.
2. Exterior Perimeter This Zone is in the immediate vicinity of the exterior walls of the home and any plants or shrubbery in close proximity to the exterior walls.
3. Lawn This Zone is the lawn and other vegetative areas that surrounds the home.
Step Name Description
1. Inspection & Identification We perform a comprehensive inspection of your home or building and its surrounding environment to determine:
  • Which pest(s) are present and in what quantities
  • Where the pests are located
  • How did pests or could pests enter the structure
  • What conditions and practices are enabling or could enable a pest infestation
  • What conditions might affect the type of treatment methods and products that are used
2. Environmental Modifications After a thorough inspection of your home and identification of your pests, your Xact Natural Pest Management Service Technician will make specific modification recommendations for your home and its surroundings to facilitate a successful pest-control solution and/or establish excellent safeguards against future infestations. Areas of recommendation may include:
  • Structural repairs
  • Exclusion work
  • Improvements in sanitation
  • Harborage reduction/elimination
  • Habitat modification
3. Interior Service Our Interior Service is designed to control pests both where you see them and where they are most likely to seek food, water and shelter. We complement environmental modifications with:
  • Void injection where we inject one or more different types of dusts into the wall voids and other pest-accessible voids in the home or building
  • Perform highly targeted baiting by carefully placing specially designed interior bait stations with a variety of baits
  • Perform trapping of insects and rodents as necessary
  • If needed, we offer a specialized interior treatment for fleas
4. Exterior Perimeter Service Our Exterior Perimeter Service is designed to provide pests with two of their three basic necessities (food and water--the third necessity is harborage). By satisfying these basic needs outside of your home, we reduce the need for a pest to seek these necessities inside of your home. We complement environmental modifications with:
  • Specially designed exterior bait stations place around the perimeter of your home
  • Inside each bait station we place a unique combination of liquid and/or granular bait to feed a large variety of insects
  • Granular bait treatment around the perimeter of your home
5. Lawn Service Our Lawn Service is designed to control the insects on the lawn so they have little incentive to approach your home or building. In particular:
  • We use a unique combination of low-toxicity granular baits applied directly to your lawn
  • For flea control, we provide a special nematode treatment service
  • For tick control, we provide a special diatomaceous earth treatment
6. Communication We view communication with you (our customer) as a critical way in which we transfer value to you. From the day we first visit your property through every service we provide to you, we will clearly and thoroughly communicate to you what we do, why we do it, what results you can expect and when you can expect them
7. Quarterly Service (Monitoring) Our standard annual pest control service is design such that your Xact Natural Pest Management Service Technician will visit your home once a quarter. During these quarterly visits s/he will:
  • Monitor your outside bait stations
  • Make any necessary adjustments as to location, quantity and types of materials to place in your bait stations based on current and predicted activity
  • Retreat your lawn with our standard granular bait lawn treatment
  • We will also perform any necessary servicing of your interior bait stations
8. Callbacks If you ever have a pest issue between quarterly monitoring, we will return to rectify the situation.

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Our system is different than most other pest-control systems that are commercially available. Most pest-control systems work by placing a chemical barrier around the outside of the home. Instead of changing the environment in which the insects live (e.g., food, water or harborage), most companies that apply chemical barriers are only masking the true problem.

Using Some of Our System Does Not Equal All of Our System

There are a number of pest-control companies that may use one or more of the same treatment methods that we do and/or one or more pest-control products that are similar to ones that we use. However, nobody that we are aware of provides the same tailored services to meet your unique and specific pest control needs. Our superior effectiveness, at a fantastic price while offering the greatest margin of safety of any professionally delivered pest-control system. We refer to our approach as a system, meaning that all of our treatment methods and products are pieces of a larger solution. Start eliminating or changing the pieces and you rapidly begin to lose the benefits that we have worked so hard to obtain.

So, just because another pest-control company says they use baiting, you cannot assume that their baiting is the same as our baiting and will deliver similar results. In fact, even if another company would bait with the same products we use (not very likely since we frequently use a unique combination of products that is adapted to the preferences of your pests), if they also use traditional liquid chemicals, there is a significant chance that their chemicals will contaminate their baits, which will make the baits ineffective against the target pests even before they put them in or around your home.

As we said, you must consider all components of the system and their potential interactions with one another. Seven years of development and thousands of delighted customers confirm that our system is well-designed and effective. Challenge other pest-control companies to prove why their system

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

No! We have spent the past seven years refining our system and driving down the costs to deliver the next-generation of pest control. So, our service costs the same as many other traditional pest control services!

The cost for treating your home is a function of the size of the home/building/yard to be treated. In some cases, the type of pest may affect the price.

Paramount’s Natural & Green Natural & Green Pest Management Solutions is a fresh new name for companies that deliver our unique brand of pest control. We have been providing natural pest-control solutions in South Florida since 1999.

Broadcast spraying and baseboard spraying are traditional methods of dispensing chemical pesticides. A technician with a spray canister and a spray wand showers chemicals onto surfaces of your home or its exterior (the perimeter and lawn). These techniques are imprecise and disperse toxic chemicals in the air you breathe and deposit pesticidal chemical residue on the surfaces and outside areas that you, children, and pets are likely to touch.

Absolutely! We offer an unmatched margin of safety because we do not use any EPA restricted-use pesticides. We use only natural, organic, botanical and biological products, which are either designed by the EPA as general use or minimum-risk materials (which are generally regarded as safe).

You bet! We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

For a standard size home, our initial treatment will take several hours. Subsequent services will take about an hour to service the inside of your home and about 30 minutes to service the outside. Unlike many other pest-control companies, our goal is not to rush through the servicing of your home. We take our time to get the job done right!

No. You will not smell anything during or after our servicing of your home.

Different pest problems require different amounts of time. On average our system can get control in a couple of weeks. Remember, quick kill (known as knockdown) typically only addresses the observable problem, not the root cause of the problem. Our system is designed to get to the source of your pest problem.

Yes. We have consistently and successfully addressed white-footed ant problems using our Natural Pest Management system.

Our system establishes three zones of protection for your home. The concept is simple, if you feed pests outside of your home, there is less of a need for them to come into your home.

Yes. We do not apply any synthetic chemicals to your lawn. Your kids may play on the lawn immediately after we treat it and not have to worry about chemicals on their clothing or skin. Of course, your pets also may play happily in the grass without being harmed.

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Cash and Checks.

Yes. We are licensed by the State of Florida and insured for all services that we perform.