Helen Marsh — Managing editor

Helen Marsh is the managing editor of Pest Kill and the named reviewer on identification, control, pesticide-safety, and bite/sting articles. She is the person accountable for whether a claim stays on the page.

Named reviewer for Pest Kill. Checks identification, pesticide-safety, and bite/sting copy against EPA labels, CDC public-health notes, and university extension fact sheets. Not a licensed pest-control operator or clinician.

What she reviews

Species identification and look-alikes against taxonomic names in current use and extension fact sheets.
Control sequences against integrated pest management order: inspect, deny food and harborage, exclude, then targeted control.
Pesticide statements against EPA-registered label uses in the United States. The label is the law; this site does not invent mixes or recommend cancelled actives.
Bite, sting, rodent, tick, mosquito, and rabies-adjacent copy against CDC public-health notes. The articles do not diagnose illness.
Wildlife pages for legal exclusion and licensed-operator handoff, especially for rabies-vector species and protected animals.

What she is not

She is not a licensed pest-control operator, pesticide applicator, physician, veterinarian, or wildlife rehabilitator. Pest Kill is not a pest-control company and does not dispatch technicians. For a structural infestation, use your state licensee lookup. For a bite, sting, or pesticide exposure in the United States, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or emergency services. Read the disclaimer.

How review works

Each article lists sources. Site-wide references are collected on the sources page (EPA, CDC, NPIC, HUD IPM, and land-grant extension programs). Pages show a published date and a last-reviewed date. We do not change dates to fake freshness. The editorial policy is the standard she edits against.

Corrections

Email contact@pest-kill.com with the page URL, the error, and a source. Substantive corrections are made on the page.