TIP OF THE WEEK: Getting rid of cockroaches

COCKROACHES do not choose the places that they infest. They can be found crawling around the most regale of structures or the most humble of homes.

And the problem that confounds most people is how to eliminate them without having to suffer—either from the insecticide’s smell or the toxic effects of other chemical repellents. Some anticockroach products, after all, can aggravate certain diseases like asthma.