Rat poison is moving up through food chains, ... These enticingly flavored bait blocks are placed outside of buildings, in small black boxes that only rats and mice can enter.

If rat poison were the answer to cities' rodent problems, we would've eliminated rats by now, said Murray. "Solving the issue of rodent problems goes beyond using poisons." ‘A people problem ...

Some boxes containing nerve toxins, some contain toxic doses of vitamins, and others deliver anticoagulants that cause rats to internally bleed to death. Controlling rat and mice populations is ...

Anticoagulant rat poisons, known as SGARs, not only avoid addressing the root cause of rodent infestations, they’re also toxic to nature’s best rat predators, animal advocates say.

One victim fell ill after drinking a bottle of water she left in her vehicle while parked at a Costco, officials said.

Rat poison is sickening and killing D.C. wildlife, study finds Dead and dying animals brought to a rescue center were tested for rat poison — 85 percent were positive. March 10, 2025 ...

These enticingly flavored bait blocks are placed outside of buildings, in small black boxes that only rats and mice can enter. But the poison remains in the rodents’ bodies, threatening larger ...

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CHICAGO — Could birth control be the key to curbing Chicago's rat infestation? A new pilot program moving away from rat poison is launching on Tuesday in what has been dubbed America's "rattiest ...

These enticingly flavored bait blocks are placed outside of buildings, in small black boxes that only rats and mice can enter. But the poison remains in the rodents’ bodies, threatening larger ...