Transcript Childhood Asthma

Pest
Management
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Help Yourself to a Healthy Home
 Indoor Air
Quality
 Asthma &
Allergies
 Mold &
Moisture
 Carbon
Monoxide
 Lead
 Drinking
Water
 Hazardous
Household
Products
 Pesticides
 Home Safety
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HUD &
National
Center for
Health
Housing‘s
Keys to a
Healthy
Home
 Keep It Dry
 Keep It Clean
 Keep It Pest-Free
 Keep It Ventilated
 Keep It Safe
 Keep It Contaminant-Free
 Keep It Maintained
 Keep it Thermo-controlled
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Lesson Objectives
At the conclusion of the training be able:
 Define integrated pest management or IPM
 Identify 3 actions that are part of an IPM program
 Know how to safely use pesticides if needed
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Questions to
Ask
about your
home?
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Do you
have
pests?
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What do you know about the
you
in your
your
1 -pests
How did
theyhave
get into
home?
home?
2 - Where do they live?
3 - How do they reproduce?
4 - What do they like to eat?
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How are your managing
or controlling the pests?
1 - Have you tried to keep them out
by blocking entry into your home?
2 - Have you kept food out of reach of
the pest?
3 - Have you been trying to trap the
pest?
4 - Have you been using pesticides?
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How did they get into your
home?
Plant boxes and open windows?
Tree branches touching the house ?
In something YOU
brought into house
Plants close to house
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Three
Pest
Examples
Cockroaches
Ants
Rodents
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How did the cockroaches
get into your home?
Plant boxes and open windows?
Tree branches touching the house ?
In something YOU
brought into house
Plants close to house
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Where do
the
cockroaches
live?
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Anywhere in a
building
Prefer spots near
water but also
need food and
warmth
In cracks and
crevices where
their bodies
touch surfaces
above and below
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German
Cockroaches
Cockroaches
American
Cockroaches
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 Multiple eggs in each egg case
 Many eggs means many nymphs
(babies)
How do
cockroaches
reproduce?
 Nymphs look like small versions of
the adults
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What do
cockroaches
eat?
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Crumbs
Grease
Trash
Cardboard glue
Just about anything
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Where do
cockroaches
drink?
Sinks
Counters
Floors
Pet bowls
Shower stalls
Sweaty leaking pipes
Refrigerator drip pans and gaskets
AC units
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Ants
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How did the ants get into
your home?
Plant boxes and open windows?
Tree branches touching the house ?
In something YOU
brought into house
Plants close to house
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Indoor or Outdoor Ant
Indoor Ant
pavement ants, carpenter ants, acrobat ants, pharaoh ants, odorous
house ants, fire ants, argentine ants etc. etc.
Outdoor Ant
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Where do ants live?
Indoors
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Spaces behind walls
Cabinets
Appliances
Behind window and door
frames
• Beneath floors and concrete
slabs
• Potted plants
Outdoors
• Open areas
• Shaded areas
• under pavement, stones,
mulch, woodpiles, flower
pots, and house siding
VERY MOBILE LOCATIONS
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 Queen lays eggs
How do
ants
reproduce?
 Adult workers take
care of eggs, larvae
and pupae
 Adult workers have
different jobs
 Different species,
different life length
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/individual-life-cycle
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• Just about anything depending
on the species of ant
What do
ants eat?
• Ants lay down invisible odor
trails that lead other ants to food
source
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Where
do ants
drink?
Sinks
Counters
Floors
Pet bowls
Shower stalls
Sweaty pipes
Refrigerator drip pans and gaskets
AC units
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Rodents
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 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
(HPS) is the potential result of
exposure to hantavirus
Hantavirus
and
Rodents
 Contact with hantavirus-infected
rodents or their urine and droppings
is how.
 Rodent control in and around the
home remains the primary strategy
for preventing hantavirus infection.
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How the
disease
spreads
 Breathing in dust that is
contaminated with rodent urine or
droppings
 Direct contact with rodents or their
urine and droppings
 Bite wounds, although this does not
happen frequently
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How do you know
you have a rodent problem?
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Sightings
Noise
Gnaw marks
Nests
Rat burrows
Droppings
Holes and rub marks
Indicator pests
How did the rodents get
into your home?
Plant boxes and open windows?
Tree branches touching the house ?
In something YOU
brought into house
Plants close to house
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What kind of rodent do I have?
Mouse
Rat
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Where do rodents live?
Mouse
Rat
• Nesting occurs where
shelter and materials are
available
• Shredded paper, burlap,
fabric, insulation, or other
fibrous materials can form a
nest
• Nests resemble a woven
mass, or “ball,” and they are
usually 4 to 6 inches in
diameter.
• ROOF RAT
– generally high up: attics,
rafters, crossbeams of
buildings. Form runways
along pipes and wires
• NORWAY RAT
– generally low down: in
basements, on the ground
floor, in sewers and subways,
in burrows under buildings.
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Rats
• Need a hole the size of a quarter to enter
Inches
• Are very smart, cautious, and afraid of new
things
• Need water every day
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Mice
• Mice need a hole the size of a dime to enter
Inches
• Mice are curious
• Don’t need to drink water daily
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How do the rodents reproduce?
Mouse
Rat
• Breed rapidly
– A single pair can
become an infestation
quickly!
– Take action when
evidence of ONE
mouse is seen or heard
• Don’t travel far—just 30
feet from their nest
• Slower to reach
reproductive maturity
compare to mice – but >6
litters per year
• Will travel 450 feet from
their burrow, but prefer to
live close to food and water
sources
• Usually live outside and
come inside for food and
water
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http://flic.kr/p/bnSqR5
What do
rodents
eat?
Food choice varies with species
http://flic.kr/p/dBRNmu
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Where
do
rodents
drink?
Sinks
Counters
Floors
Pet bowls
Shower stalls
Sweaty pipes
Refrigerator drip pans and gaskets
AC units
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http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/wisc/bedbugs4.html
 A blood-sucking insect
Bed bugs
 Flat
 Range in size from a sesame seed
to a apple seed
 Light brown to mahogany red
depending when they last fed
Bed bug slides adapted from NCHH IPM Multi-Family Housing
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Bed bugs do not transmit disease, but
they are a pest of significant public
health importance
Bed bugs:
Staying
Calm
 Cause secondary infections after
people scratch their bed bug bites
 Result in stress, loss of work, loss of
productivity, loss of sleep, and
financial burden
 Are unwelcome in our homes and
workplaces
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http://flic.kr/p/8LNW5G
Bed bugs:
How do
they get
into your
home?
 Most active at night – because
humans are asleep
 Hide in cracks and crevices, often in
groups
 Cannot fly, jump, or burrow into
skin…they crawl
 Hitchhike on coats, bags, furniture,
wheelchairs…
http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/wisc/bedbugs6.html
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Bed bugs:
How do
they
reproduce?
Unfed
They need a human blood meal!
Fed
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Identify
 Bites
 Fecal spots
Bed bugs:
How to
manage
for them?
 Shed skins
 Dead bed bugs
 Live bed bugs
Evaluate
Infestation
 In the building
 In any crack or
crevice where a
credit card edge
could fit
 In anything near
where people rest
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Bed bugs
How to
Manage for
them
 Hitchhike on coats,
bags, furniture,
wheelchairs –
inspect thoroughly
anything you bring
into the home
 Be diligent when
visiting other places
– look for them
 Contact a Pest
Management
Professional
http://flic.kr/p/78xL44
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What is
Integrated
Pest
Management
or IPM?
http://blog.syracuse.com/cny/2011/11/rats_the_mice_are_moving_in.html
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How are
you
managing
or
controlling
the pests?
1. Have you tried to keep them out by
blocking entry into your home?
2. Have you kept food out of reach of the
pest?
3. Have you been trying to trap the pest?
4. Have you been using pesticides?
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Blocking
Entry
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Minimize Access to Food & Water
• No pets dishes left out
overnight
• No dirty dishes left in
the sink
• Fix leaky faucets
• Keep counter tops
cleaned off – wash with
vinegar water to
confuse ants
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Trap
Monitoring
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Traps
Snap Traps
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Bait with what they’re eating or
using to nest
How to
use baits
to
kill/trap
rodents
Mice
1. Bait & set
many traps
2. 6 traps for
each mouse
3. Set
immediately
Rats
1. Place many
traps
2. Bait and leave
UNSET until rats
are readily
feeding
3. Bait and set all
traps
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Bait
Traps for
Rodents
 The label is the law
 All rodenticide labels
require tamper-resistant
stations
 Read the label on both the
station and the bait
 The bait station should be
secured, locked, and
labeled
 If the rodents are
inside, consider
using traps
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Pesticides
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Contact
Insecticides
vs. Baits
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Cockroach
& Ant Bait
Stations
 With baits the
insecticide is
taken back to
the nest and
shared with
others
(cockroaches
and ants).
 Most baits
contain an
insecticide and
food attractant
confined within
a plastic, childresistant
container.
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Are you
using
pesticides?
And are you
using them
correctly?
The label is
the law!
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uo215.pdf
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Protect
Yourself
when
Using
Pesticides
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uo218.pdf
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 Out of reach of
children
Are you
storing
pesticides
correctly?
 In original
containers
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Are you
disposing
of
pesticides
properly?
http://npic.orst.edu/health/readlabel.html
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 Keep a Clean Home
 Keep Pests Out of Your Home
Action
Steps
 Use Pesticides Safely
 Store and Dispose of Pesticides
Safely
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Keep a
Clean
Home
NO Pest Food
NO Pest Water
NO Pest Habitat
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Keep Pests
Out of Your
Home
 Block entry into home
 Caulking entry points
 Trimming shrubs and
limbs touching home
 No plant material touching
home
 No boxes or furniture that
hasn’t been inspected for
pests allowed in the home
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Examples
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Use
Pesticides
Safely
 Right pesticide for
the pest - contact vs.
bait
 Read the label every
time pesticide used –
the label is the law
 Personal Protective
Equipment used
 Pesticides storage
AWAY from children
 NO Bombs/Foggers
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Store and
Dispose of
Pesticides
Safely
OUT OF
REACH OF
CHILDREN!
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 Keep a Clean Home
 Keep Pests Out of Your Home
Review
of Action
Steps
as part of
IPM
program
 Use Pesticides Safely
 Store and Dispose of Pesticides
Safely
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For More
Information
 Urban IPM via eXtension.org
 Urban IPM via eXtension on
Facebook
 Stoppests.org (Northeastern IPM
Center)
 State Level IPM programs
through Extension
 EPA http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/
 National Pesticide Information
Center
http://npic.orst.edu/index.html
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Video
Links
 If you have time showing videos of
doing a home inspection and
techniques to minimize presence of
pests
Integrated Pest Management in Baltimore
City example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2MPoByymQE&lis
t=PL0D06851729E36830&index=1
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Credits
National Center for Healthy
Housing
IPM in Multi-Family Housing
Workshop
www.nchh.org
for photos and drawings also
various *.gov websites including
eXtension.org and other
Extension Services/Systems in
USA unless noted
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