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KEEP IT PEST-FREE

KEEP IT PEST-FREE. Steps to Healthier Homes. Learning Objectives. Health Effects of Pests. Asthma Infectious diseases Health effects greater on children. Health Effects of Pests. Exposure to Pest Allergens. Health Effects of Pests. Bites Common Culprits Rabies. Mosquito bites.

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KEEP IT PEST-FREE

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  1. KEEP IT PEST-FREE • Steps to Healthier Homes

  2. Page 6.1 Learning Objectives

  3. Page 6.1 Health Effects of Pests • Asthma • Infectious diseases • Health effects greater on children

  4. Page 6.1 Health Effects of Pests • Exposure to Pest Allergens

  5. Page 6.2 Health Effects of Pests • Bites • Common Culprits • Rabies Mosquito bites

  6. Page 6.3 The Atopic Triangle Asthma, Allergies and Eczema Atopic: pertaining to a genetic predisposition for hypersensitivity to environmental triggers

  7. Page 6.3 Another Triangle… The Pest Triangle

  8. Page 6.4 How Common are Pests? Rat feces in insulation

  9. Page 6.4 How Common are Pests? • Philadelphia, 2007 • 62% Cockroaches • 72% Mice • National 2002-2006 • 33% Rat allergens (inner-city) • 63% Mice allergens • (95% low-income) • 85%Cockroach allergens Roach frass under sink

  10. Page 6.4 How do we control them? • Prevention • Sanitation • Physical controls • Ongoing monitoring

  11. Page 6.5 Integrated Pest Management • Best practice • Multiple tactics • Effective control • Least risk to the environment • Least exposure of non-target organisms • Economic sustainability

  12. Page 6.6 Reduce Pesticide Use

  13. Page 6.7 Pesticides and Poisonings • 16,000 pesticide exposures requiring treatment reported (2007) • Pesticides usually stored within reach of children • 95% of children poisoned were under age 6

  14. Page 6.8 The IPM Pyramid

  15. Page 6.9 IPM v. Conventional Pest Control

  16. Page 6.9 HUD Guidance on IPM (2011) • Communication • Environmental conditions • Identification and reporting • Ongoing monitoring, reporting and tracking • Action levels • Waste management

  17. Page 6.9 HUD Guidance on IPM (2011) • Appropriate pesticides • Exclusion & denial • Educational outreach • State laws on used furnishings • Use least-risk pesticides when necessary • Pesticide-use notification signs

  18. Page 6.10 IPM: Step-by-Step • Inspection & Identification • Exclusion & Denial • Education • Sanitation • Physical control • Monitoring

  19. Page 6.10 1. Inspection & Identification • Thorough inspection • Identification of pests found

  20. Page 6.11 See the creature, be the creature • What to look for and where to look • The pest • Droppings • Nests and burrows • Food and water sources • Hidden places • Near entry holes • Warm cavities for insects

  21. Page 6.11 A Person’s View

  22. Page 6.12 A Cockroach’s View

  23. Page 6.13 Rat proofing did not work here… • Get down on the ground and look under the pipe… Rat burrow entrance

  24. Page 6.14 2. Exclusion and denial • Stoppage • Inspection • Holes filled • Stuff-It • Silicone Caulk • Spackle, etc

  25. Page 6.14 3. Education • Understand pests • Control – what, how, and when • Safe vs. unsafe practices • Educating residents • Choosing PCO’s • Training PCO’s

  26. Page 6.15 4. Sanitation • Food • Water • Harborage Photo: City of Houston Bureau of Children’s and Environmental Health

  27. Page 6.15 Water • Essential for insects & rats, but not for mice or bedbugs • Mosquitoes • Structural damage Photo: City of Houston Bureau of Children’s and Environmental Health

  28. Page 6.16 5. Physical control • Identify & assess problem • Same strategy • Different tactics – pest specific Photo: City of Houston Bureau of Children’s and Environmental Health

  29. Page 6.17 Reduce Exposure Choose safer products • Roach baits • Gels • Dusts • Glueboards and Snap Traps

  30. Page 6.17 Illegal and Risky Pesticides • Pesticides that look like candy - mothballs • “Miraculous” Chinese Insecticide chalk • “TresPasitos” • Many pesticide have been withdrawn candy!

  31. Page 6.18 Federal Pesticide Law • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) • Administered by EPA • Pesticide – Broad term • No pesticides are safe – some are low-risk • The label is the law

  32. Page 6.19 Are These Labels?

  33. Page 6.20 EPA Pesticide Product Labels • Product Name • EPA Reg. No. • Ingredients • Active • Inert / Other • “Keep Out of Reach of Children” • First Aid • Net contents Signal Word: Caution Warning Danger Poison – skull & crossbones

  34. Page 6.21 6. Monitoring • Keep looking for pests • Spot reinfestations • Place in corners • Behind appliances • Under sink • Under cover! • Do date & mark • Don’t disturb

  35. Page 6.21 Monitoring for Rodents • Similar to insects – use snap traps or glue-boards • Place in corners, along runways, in tight dark spaces • Check daily • Increase trapping if monitors indicate activity • Always have monitors for insects and rodents in place

  36. Keep it Pest-Free Know your Pests

  37. Page 6.22 Cockroaches • Identification & biology • Life cycle: • Diseases • Key harborage sites Pest cockroaches of North America German cockroach life cycle

  38. Page 6.23 Doing Roaches the IPM Way

  39. Page 6.24 Cockroach Control • Habitat modification • Monitors • Dust and caulk • Baits and gels • Insect growth regulators • Sticky traps

  40. Page 6.25 Rodent control • Rodents are mammals like us • Think like a rodent • Not all rodents are the same • Mice – curious & persistent • Rats – cautious & smart • Squirrels - outdoors

  41. Page 6.25 Rodent identification • House Mouse • Also: White Footed, Deer • Norway Rat • Brown rat, Wharf, Sewer, etc • Roof Rat • Black rat • Also: Cane rat, etc. • Squirrel • Groundhogs, etc. Young Rat large large FEET HEAD 1/4" 3/4" small small House Mouse

  42. Page 6.26

  43. Demo How to trap a rat and a mouse 45

  44. Page 6.27 Things that DON’T work • Contact sprays • Foggers • Mothballs • Ultrasonic's • Dryer sheets, etc.

  45. Page 6.28 Bed bugs - Don’t Panic • Can be avoided and eliminated • Every skin irritation or bite is not bed bugs • You can see them. • Do not cause or spread diseases. • Heat and/or steam can kill them. • Protocols and communication key to control

  46. Page 6.28 Bedbugs • Identify properly – don’t assume • Life cycle Photo credit: ChangluWang & John Obermeyer/Rutgers University

  47. Page 6.30 Bedbugs - Control • Exclusion • Preparation • Traps – interceptors

  48. Page 6.31 Bed bug - Treatment • Inspection • Vacuum • Heat or cold • Pesticides by PCO only • Re-inspection & retreatment • Encasements & interceptors

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