Background of the study.

We all experience many problems because of insects especially termites. It may be attacking our house, office and even in our community. Philippines is a tropical country which is why termites are eating wood because most of the termites are in subtropical and tropical regions.

This study is about finding an alternative termite killer which is safer to use. people have used various instruments to control termite problem in houses. the most popular is the commonly used insectiside sprays. most of these can destroy termites but they can also do serious damage to human as well. the active ingredients in these sprays, like tethramethrin, and petroleum distillates can cause severe chest pains and cough attacks when inhaled ( bayer health care). aside from this there is a wood preservative against termites which is solignum but this also has a harmful effect on humans. solignum has an ingredient which is harmful to humans like naptha(petroleum) hydrotreated heavy, xylene, iso-butamol, ethylmethyl ketoxime and cobalt neodecanoate.
Many people are looking for an alternative termite killer especially those people who has allergies in those kind of ingredients. with this study the researchers could help those people who are looking for alternative ways to kill termites.