By Environmental Protection Agency Special to GUIDON Like humans, pests need three critical elements to survive: food, water, and shelter. Before using pesticides, try these three simple steps to control or kill pests: Starve them out Pests will eat just about anything, but they might leave you alone if they don’t have easy access to food: — Seal up boxes and bags of food. Roaches … [Read more...] about EPA: Do you really need to use a pesticide?