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Steve Tvedten
Stephen L. Tvedten was President of Stroz Services, Inc. (an alternative pest control company) since 1970, until it accidentally burned to the ground 11/5/95 and is currently President of Get Set, Inc., an integrated pest management company and is also currently President of PEST (Prevent Environmental Suicide Today) an environmental group, and Steve is the founder of the Institute of Pest Management, Inc., Prescriptive Nutrients, Inc. and TIPM and the Natural Pest Control Association.
Steve is the consusltant and advisor for Safe Solutions, Inc. Steve is Head of the Advisory Board for the Natural Pest Control Council of America. Steve was licensed as a Michigan Residential Builder and Maintenance Alteration Contractor and holds or has held Michigan pest control certifications in the following categories: Forest Pest Management, Wood Preservation, Turf, Ornamentals, Seed Treatment, Aquatic, Swimming Pools, Cooling Towers, Right-of-way, Structural Pest Management, Wood Destroying Organisms, Vertebrate, Interiorscape, Mosquito and Public Health. Steve also holds or has held Texas pest control certifications in General, Pest Control and Termite control, New York certifications in termite, structural, pest and rodent control. Ohio pest control certification in the following categories: seed treatment, general aquatic, swimming pool, general forest pest, timber stand improvement, wood preservation, industrial vegetation control, ornamental plant and shade tree, interior plantscape, vertebrate animal control, turf pest control, domestic, institutional, structural and health related pest control, general pest, termite, mosquito, house fly and vector control and Wisconsin certifications in forest, ornamental and turf, seed treatment, aquatic, right-of-way, general industrial, institutional, structural and health related, termite and wood preservation; State of Illinois certifications in seed treatment, right-of- way, ornamental and turf, forest, aquatic and mosquito pest control; State of Indiana certifications for seed treatment, wood preservative non-pressured, forest, ornamental, aquatic, right-of-way, residential, institutional and non-food industry pest control.
Steve has held West Virginia pest control certifications in general pest, structural pest, wood treatment and public health. Steve has been a science advisor for the National Pediculosis Association. Steve is a member of the Entomological Society of America. Steve is or has been a member of The Xerces Society, the International Cockroach Society, Inc. and the International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, Neartic Regional Section. Steve has been on the National Coalition for the Chemically Injured (NCCI) advisory board for proposed rules for IPM in schools. In addition Steve is or has been a certified home inspector, a certified termite inspector, a certified asbestos inspector and a certified environmental inspector. Steve developed the first guaranteed termite inspection program for real estate and the Get Set IPM program. Steve has written a monthly pest control column for
The Toxic Times and has written for the Journal of Alternative Medicine. Steve wrote “The Bug Stops Here,” “The Best Control” and “The Best Control II.” Steve developed a computerized Phase I Environmental Inspection program and a complete computerized home inspection program. Steve has written several alternative pest control books and numerous phamphlets, articles and developed (self-help) Professionally Guided Pest Control programs to safely and permanently control roaches, fleas, all wood destroying organisms (decay fungi and insects), rodent and miscellaneous pests. Steve was the recipient of the 1985 Center for Environmental Study Small Business of the Year Environmental Award. Steve has several environmental awards, e.g.,
The Cancer Awareness Coalition, E Medical, Sci Links, National Safety Council and the Lightman Academic Ecellence Award. Has been on the guest faculty of environmental groups such as NCAMP and has written and testified before the U. S. House of Representatives on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Michigan Toxic Substance Control Commission, the Michigan Department of Agriculture hearings and elsewhere regarding the safe use of chemicals. Steve has taken pest control courses from Purdue and Penn State Universities. Steve has taught a Post Graduate Course on PsychimmunNeuro Toxicology (Effects of Chemicals on Man) including treatment protocols at the Indiana Academy of Osteopathy. Steve is and has been consulted by lawyers, doctors, laboratories, environmentalists, government officials, victims, reporters from all over this country and internationally. Steve has been a member of the National Writer’s Union. Steve has numerous copyrights, trademarks and patents. Steve was on the cover and the featured article in the September 2005 issue of Pest Control Magazine, “The Great IPM Debate.’Steve is the USA Coordinator for MCS International.
