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VERY IMPORTANT! Please heeelp!!! Major "Bug Fogger" health questions! Is after clean up necessary?

I'm worried to death right now. I have an attic full of flies, gnats, mosquitos, and a wide array of nightmare creepy crawlies and they've been making their way into the rest of the house so I bought those bug foggers: a box with 3 cans. You set them off with all animals and people evacuated and it says to come back 2 hours later. Nothing about a cleanup. So I set them off all over the place today and have been waiting it out with ferret and hermit crab over my grandparent's house. Then my husband calls from work and tells me his friend mike yocum (also a chemical expert and all about rennaissance man) says that we have to wash EVERYTHING in the apartment because the "chemical residue." I mean wash ALL the dishes even though they were in the cabinets, all the windows, all bedding, couch cushions, all shelves, bookcases and knick nacks: we have TONS of collectibles, that would take a week in itself! Even stuff we wrapped in plastic trash bags because it permeates through. And we could even touch one item that's contaminated and spread the chemical to something clean. PLUS our cageless ferret can't walk on the carpet for 24 hours!!!! (don't worry, we have a babygate so she can't get in the kitchen and the rest of the house I've made 200% ferret proof after years of the little carpet sharks.) Oh crap! I'd have to wash the baby gate too! Itaks covered in duct tape + cardboard so she can't get out! I can't wash cardboard! And all of our loose yugtioh cards! I can't wash all this, most my stuffed animals are antiques and cannot be washed.PLEASE tell me this nightmare is not true and it's not that bad, if there is a cleanup, please tell me the easiest way and the most benign cleaners. My sword collection! What about the leather sheaths? Oh CRAP! Ya, PLEASE HELP! I could kill the company for not putting any warning about this on the box! Ya, I also have to wash our brand new desktop, our flatscreen, EVERYTHING, and when I say wash I mean thouroughly scrub with something that will get rid of the chemical residue. I need a fert safe cleaner though and I really am still hoping I don't even HAVE to clean everything. Has anyone used these before? It's from petco or petsmart, the $15 box of bug foggers. HPENLIFE: um, READ my question. I did. I need to know about cleanup afterwards cause the residue and chemical crap. I just called petco, they said it's true. Omg! But someone else, please post an answer so I can vote it as best. DUSTY: now that's a best answer, thanks.

Public Comments

1. I have used these foggers before and it says on the can to cover stuff with newspaper prior to setting them off
2. I have used those before. If you have pets or children, you need to wash anything they might put in their mouth. I would also wash the dishes because even tough you had the cabinets closed, the fog can seep through any cracks. I wouldn't bother with the things that are in plastic bags right now, but when you decide to use the items, I would wash them at that time. I also wouldn't worry about the shelves, bookcases, etc. When you dust them, is good enough. You DON'T want to get rid of ALL the residue, because that's what kills the little critters you bought it for in the first place!