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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 6.2 Health Effects of Pests • Rat Bites Rat bites, multiple

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

  8. Page 6.3 The Atopic Triangle • Asthma, Allergies and Eczema

  9. Page 6.3 Another Triangle… The Pest Triangle

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

  11. 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

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

  13. 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

  14. Page 6.6 Reduce Pesticide Use

  15. 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

  16. Page 6.8 The IPM Pyramid

  17. Page 6.9 IPM v. Conventional Pest Control

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

  19. 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

  20. Page 6.9 Change the Habitat • Don’t just kill, change “conditions conducive” to pests • Reduce the carrying capacity of the environment Population Time

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

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

  23. 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

  24. Page 6.11 A Person’s View

  25. Page 6.12 A Cockroach’s View

  26. Page 6.12 A Cockroach’s View

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

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

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

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

  31. 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

  32. 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

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

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

  35. 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

  36. Page 6.19 Are These Labels?

  37. Page 6.19 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Keep it Pest-Free Know your Pests

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

  42. Page 6.23 Doing Roaches the IPM Way

  43. Behind the wall clock Page 6.24 Frass Door Behind wallpaper Wall clock Under a cabinet shelf

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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. Page 6.25 Rodent Reproduction

  48. Page 6.26

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