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Center for Disease Control (CDC) Recommends Heat in War on Bed Bugs

Posted on March 8, 2012 by pcenet Click Here For Article

(PRWEB) March 08, 2012

For years, the hospitality industry has been fighting a chemical war against bed bugs. Now, with a growing menace of pesticide-resistant bed bugs and increasing documentation of human chemical injury, the question to consider is, Are we using the right tactics?

Is a chemical war really the best choice when it is proving increasingly less effective and when non-chemical, heat treatments like structural pasteurization co-invented by David Hedman in the patented ThermaPure Heat Process are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are readily available to mitigate these concerns?

Chemical pesticides historically the first choice in killing bed bugs are increasingly cited as the cause of illness to occupants/residents and pest control applicators.

According to the Sept. 23, 2011 edition of the CDC and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (volume 60, No. 37), acute bed bug pesticide-related illnesses have been reported in at least seven states with one fatality reported due to pesticide poisoning.

But those made ill by pesticides in the CDC report are likely just a fraction of those that are ultimately affected by exposure to these chemicals. Many may overlook minor symptoms and often exposure to chemicals can be cumulative or have an extended latency period with symptoms exhibiting years, even decades later.

Bed bug pesticides are toxic. While commonly used pyrethrins are only slightly acutely toxic, they are a sensitizer/irritant that is considered to cause cancer. Permethrin is moderately acutely toxic, possibly cancer-causing, and can cause endocrine disruption. Propoxur, which is not registered by the EPA for bed bug control but has been used illegally by some pest control companies, is highly toxic and probably cancer-causing, with reproductive effects, neurotoxicity, and kidney/liver damage.

According to the CDC report, pesticide-related illnesses have been caused after chemical treatments conducted by both individual consumers and professional pest management companies.

Children, in particular, are at risk. They face the highest pesticide exposure risk since they tend to sit, crawl or roll on the ground, near application sites where pesticide vapors and residues may settle.

Also troubling is the CDCs evidence that pesticide-resistant bed bugs are on the rise and have been confirmed in at least five states, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia.

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What to do if you have bed bugs – Video

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

06-03-2012 20:35 Learn what to do if you have bedbugs. How to get rid of bed bugs. Absolute Pest control - Colorado's Pest Elimination Pros

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Bed bugs, stink bugs headline Entomology Meeting in Hartford, Conn.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

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Contact: Faith Kuehn Faith.Kuehn@state.de.us 302-698-4587 Entomological Society of America

"Bed bugs are coming back. Are you ready?" asks Dr. Changlu Wang, Rutgers University entomologist and organizer of the Bed Bug and Urban Integrated Pest Management symposium. Bed bugs have become problematic pests of schools, houses, apartments and other public spaces.

Noted bed bug researchers and educators will discuss innovative bed bug control and education methods developed by leading researchers and educators in a symposium to be held on Sunday morning, March 18, from 8:00 am-12:00 noon, at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America in Hartford, CT (see http://bit.ly/z3Lt2h).

Brown marmorated stinkbugs, first reported in Pennsylvania in the late 1990's seem to be everywhere are everywhere we live, plus fields, orchards and vineyards. These insect emit a foul-smelling substance that can taint produce, and their feeding damages crops. Their growing populations have caused significant economic impact on agriculture.

Two symposia will discuss the latest findings on stink bug biology and trends in attempts to control these insects. "Managing Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Today and in the Future" will discuss the insect's impact on vegetable crops and urban landscapes, and methologies to control it. This symposium will be held on Sunday afternoon, March 18 from 1:00-5:00 pm. A symposium on brown marmorated stink bug biology and crop impact will be held on Monday morning, 8:00-12:00 pm, March 19.

These symposia will headline the ESA Eastern Branch's 83rd Annual Meeting, to be held March 16-19, 2012, at the Hilton Hartford. The three-day meeting will draw entomologists from northeastern and mid-Atlantic states and several Canadian provinces. Other symposia will feature papers on biological control, insects as vectors of human and plant disease, and detection of new and emerging insect pests. Graduate and undergraduate students throughout the eastern region will compete in oral and poster presentations about their research.

Growers, crop consultants, landscapers and other interested members of the public can attend the symposia with a half day ($40) or full day ($60) admission.

The meeting will include a free public program for all ages, "It's a Bug's World" (see http://bit.ly/xeTfIN). This event will be held on Saturday, March 17 from 10:00 am-3:00 pm at the Hilton Hartford. "Bug's World" will feature informational displays, demonstrations and activities, and a pollinator talk and honey tasting with the 2012 American Honey Princess, Danielle Dale.

The full meeting Program is available at http://bit.ly/zGJwsn.

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Cleveland safety forces battling bedbugs

Posted on March 3, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Bedbugs have become so prevalent in Cleveland that the city now keeps two ambulances in reserve just to replace others as they become infested with the blood-sucking insects.

The city's Emergency Medical Service also has started issuing protective gowns, booties and hair nets to ambulance crews entering bedbug hotspots tracked by dispatchers on a computer database. The list, which changes with the bug population, stood at 52 addresses Friday.

"We've taken a very aggressive approach," said Nicole Carlton, acting EMS commissioner. "We always tell our people to be very vigilant."

Bedbugs have made a nationwide resurgence, reaching Cincinnati several years ago and then migrating up Interstate 71. Fire stations in Cincinnati and Columbus have battled infestations.

The Cleveland Department of Public Health recorded 497 bedbug complaints last year, up from 296 the year before. The Cuyahoga County Board of Health, which covers areas other than Cleveland and Shaker Heights, handled 161 cases in 2011, more than four times the volume two years earlier.

The speck-size, burrowing insects pose no serious health threats, but their bites are painful. Infestations also are difficult to find and eradicate.

In November, Cleveland officials brought a bedbug-sniffing Jack Russell terrier into an ambulance base. The dog, trained to detect the scent of human blood, found bedbugs in a chair. The same day, the terrier checked out ambulance service headquarters -- often used for community CPR and first-aid training -- but turned up nothing.

Police Chief Michael McGrath issueda memolast month advising officers to be on the lookout for bedbugs. He made recommendations for avoiding contact -- for example, don't sit in homes visited on the job -- and said uniforms thought to be infested should be sealed in plastic until washed and dried at high, bedbug-killing temperatures.

Jeff Follmer, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, went one step farther this week after fielding complaints from union members.

Follmer bought two cases of a spray -- 24 bottles at $15 each -- that kills the bugs by means of dehydration. He then delivered the spray, an all-natural blend not subject to federal environment regulations, to stations.

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Spring fever hits gardener

Posted on March 2, 2012 by admin Click Here For Article

Ive got the itch.

No, its not fleas or bed-bugs or anything like that its the itch for spring. After just returning from South Carolina and seeing all the freshly planted spring flowers blooming in beds and borders and pots it creates an anxiety that every gardener gets this time of year. I go for golf but cant help but admire all the flowers and the signs of spring about this time of year in the South.

Of course, pansies are the predominant sightings because they are the hardiest and can withstand the colder 30s and 40s temperatures at night. Daytime temps reached into the 70s and even lower 80s one day.

Pansies, however, arent the only blooms seen while on my trip. Petunias were spotted on numerous occasions along with alyssum and the usual spring blooms daffodils, tulips and crocus. The most unusual observation though was apple trees in blossom a first for me in South Carolina this time of year.

What this all boils down to is spring fever for us northerners. We all get the itch about this time of year with only a month or two to go until we too can get out in our gardens and feel the soil sift through our fingers.

Our winter thus far has been unusual to say the least with only a smattering of snow and no sub-zero weather. Of course, the snow season isnt over yet and the cold can be a dagger in the heart sometimes. Weve had occasions when its snowed all through April and have had heavy frosts, believe it or not, in late May.

I remember well in the late 90s, while visiting my son in Fort Wayne for a special occasion in late May, returning to the garden center only to find major damage from an unusual late frost. I was heart-broken and couldnt believe this could happen this late in May but it did.

We never know what mother-nature has in store we only focus on the normal things that should occur each spring, hence the heartbreak when a freak thing happens.

The first of March is the proper time to start planning your spring garden by putting on paper your wants. This includes research of different and new varieties of vegetables and flowers.

Each year every developer of new strains of plants will entice the public with their new hybrids and up-ticks of their already popular varieties that have been proven winners to the gardening public; each purported to be a little more outstanding than last years whether it be bigger blooms, larger fruits, more colorful, or quicker to mature.

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