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Product Stewardship Institute National Mattress Stewardship Meeting Monday, April 11, 2011

Product Stewardship Institute National Mattress Stewardship Meeting Monday, April 11, 2011 Hartford, Connecticut. “Bed bugs”, a simple name for a complicated subject. Dr. Gale E. Ridge Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station New Haven, CT. Joan Jordan Connecticut Department

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Product Stewardship Institute National Mattress Stewardship Meeting Monday, April 11, 2011

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  1. Product Stewardship Institute National Mattress Stewardship Meeting Monday, April 11, 2011 Hartford, Connecticut “Bed bugs”, a simple name for a complicated subject Dr. Gale E. Ridge Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station New Haven, CT Joan Jordan Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Hartford, CT Connecticut Coalition Against Bed Bugs

  2. Connecticut Coalition Against Bed Bugs Current Projects & services • List-serve (280 membership) • Public outreach and education • Health department video • Best Practices for Bed Bug Management • Mattress, bedding and upholstered furniture. • Guidance document for the reuse/resale and • recycling industries in Connecticut • Document reviewing & advisory activities • Protocols: including schools, visiting nurses, heath agencies etc. • Forums for citizens and professionals (April 28th & October 6th 2011) • Grants • CT bed bug Pest Management Professionals service list (NPMA) Bed Bug Forum Southern Connecticut State University

  3. Historic trade routes and bed bug world distribution Spice routes Pre-medieval trade routes Current trade routes

  4. Bed bug reporting and current trade routes

  5. Family portrait Adult and nymph Adult female Adult male Newly hatched nymphs and egg cases

  6. Clustering behavior in a refuge Bed bugs commuting between bed and refuge Night stand with fecal spots

  7. Bed bug sign Fecal spotting, in this case, on walls Cluttered apartment Feeding Detritus

  8. Bed bug management on bedding? Metal beds used in 1918 Flu epidemic to limit bed bug movement Un-engorged adult Engorged adult Watch glasses

  9. Connecticut General Assembly proposed bed bug bills 2011

  10. Joan Jordan Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection

  11. The International Association of Bedding and Furniture Law Officials (IABFLO) is a group made up of the bedding regulators and the industry that we regulate.  • The website is • The following are the states which have bedding laws, although not all of these states have second hand laws: • California • Connecticut • Delaware • City of Detroit, Michigan • Massachusetts • North Carolina • Ohio • Oklahoma • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Texas • Utah • Virginia • West Virginia • The website has the links to all the state programs. www.abflo.org

  12. Dr. Gale E. Ridge The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 123 Huntington Street, P. O. Box 1106 New Haven, CT 06524-1106 Tel: (203) 974-8478 Fax: (203) 974-8502 E-mail: Joan Jordan, Supervisor Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection gale.ridge@ct.gov 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT  06106 (860)713-6123 joan.jordan@ct.gov www.ct.gov/dcp Most photos of bed bugs by Michael Thomas (CAES)

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