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The State Department of Health will distribute cockroach traps in Kalihi in a study to the link between the household pests and asthma. The department will team up with the Public Housing Authority for the Hawaii Catch-a-Roach Project at a Kalihi public housing complex. The program will hand out roach traps to the families living in the 375-unit complex and conduct health surveys in the coming weeks.

The Health Department is focusing on roaches because about half of Hawaii residents who have asthma are allergic to the pests. Proteins found in roach droppings and saliva can cause sneezing, coughing, difficulty breathing, and itchy or watery eyes. While many residents in Hawaii do not know about the roach-asthma connection, it’s estimated that 12 percent of children and about 8 percent of adults have asthma, the highest rate in the nation. If successful, the Health Department plans to expand the program to other areas.

If you do have a problem with roaches, scientists say that the best way to eradicate them include usng bait traps, sealing cracks in walls or around pipes, repairing screens on windows and doors, keeping food and water off countertops and clearing clutter such as old newspapers and boxes.

But this is Hawaii, so good luck!