- Dates
- 2018-06-13 – 2018-07-13
- Kind
- Business service and dispute
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- commercepublic-healthenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In June 2018, Hogarth’s Pest Control announced that it was winding down an island visit and asked people who had not yet been served to contact the office. A later post said the company used an organic spray near docks and water, while also making unverified allegations about unnamed competitors’ products and licensing.
Evidence limits
The forum establishes a first-party service notice and a public dispute. It does not establish completed jobs, licensing status, chemical composition, water pollution, an agency investigation, or wrongdoing by any named or unnamed person.
Sources
- Butch Hogarth, “Re: Hogarths Pest Control coming to the island,” Beaver Island Forum, June 14, 2018.Hogarth announced that he was winding down an island visit and asked anyone not yet served to contact the office before departure. This is a first-party availability notice, not proof of completed service, licensing, or treatment efficacy.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013183
- Hogarth stated that his company used an organic spray near docks and water and alleged that unnamed people were using other materials and spraying homes without a license. The archive contains no agency inspection, laboratory result, enforcement record, license record, or response from the people accused; these allegations are not treated as established facts.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013199
- A brief first-party notice invited people needing help to get on the list for July 13 service. It establishes advertised availability, not completed work, licensing, or treatment efficacy.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013319
Added 10 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Hogarth’s Pest Control schedules 2018 island service amid an unverified pesticide-use dispute”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hogarth-pest-control-service-and-pesticide-dispute-2018/, accessed [date], citing Butch Hogarth, “Re: Hogarths Pest Control coming to the island,” Beaver Island Forum, June 14, 2018. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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