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We Will Pay You $2,500 to Release Cockroaches Into Your Home
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We Will Pay You $2,500 to Release Cockroaches Into Your Home

A real pest-control study looking for one household to test on.

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The Verdict

The Pest Informer will pay one homeowner $2,500 to let them release ~100 American cockroaches into your home and film a 30-day treatment study. We have no notes. This is real, it is happening, and someone out there is going to say yes.

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