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Pests, such as roaches, mice, and rats in the home are both a nuisance and a health problem. The skin and droppings they leave behind can trigger asthma attacks, allergies, and other respiratory problems. Chemicals used to combat pests can also cause harm, especially for those with respiratory problems.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a multidisciplinary approach to pest management that uses a range of pest control methods, including pest exclusion, sanitary practices, and minor structural alterations rather than relying on just one approach, such as pesticide application. Targeting pests in a variety of ways greatly reduces the dependency on the use of chemical. There are four fundamental IPM principles: 1) Monitoring pest populations with sticky traps to find out where pests are living and hiding; 2) Blocking pest access and entryways; 3) Eliminating food and water; and 4) Selectively applying low-toxicity pesticides to address problems.
ARC and IPM In October 2003, ARC partnered with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) on a HUD-funded project that brought IPM to BHA’s Holgate Apartments, a building complex that houses elderly and disabled persons of low-income in 83 living units. The project consisted of resident education, interventions in units and common areas, and relied on the use of in-house resident educators, or IPM assistants, to garner resident support and participation. As a result of the project, ARC has developed a number of IPM educational materials that include the following:
Copies of all these videos will be available for distribution in late August. Contact Laurie Stillman at lstillman@tmfnet.org or 617.451.0049 ext. 504 for more information. In addition to the above activities, ARC has also teamed up with the Boston Public Health Commission to develop a step-by-step IPM guide for housing authorities and health plans, as well as a White Paper with IPM Model Policy recommendations. IPM Resources Educational DVDs "Arrest the Pests in Your Nest" and "Dust Doesn't Discriminate" are DVDs available in both English and Spanish. To purchase copies, call Isles, Inc. at (609) 341-4700 or email info@isles.org. Guidance
Monitoring Protocols
Model RFP
Pesticides to Avoid and Low Toxicity Products
Cleaning Guidance
Relevant Research
General Alliance for Healthy Homes on Pesticides http://www.afhh.org/dah/dah_pesticides.htm Cockroach Control for Public Housing http://www.ehs.org/Asthma/ASTH_RoachCntlRecs.htm Environmental Health Perspectives: An Intervention to Reduce Residential Insecticide Exposure during Pregnancy among Inner-City Cohort http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9168/9168.pdf The IPM Institute of North America, Inc. National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) http://www.centerforhealthyhousing.org/index.html NCHH IPM training slides http://www.healthyhomestraining.org/Practitioner/6_Keep_It_Pest_Free.pdf New York State Integrated Pest Management/Cornell University http://nysipm.cornell.edu/publications/pubbldg.asp Northeast IPM Center at Cornell University State of Maine IPM Regulations for Propery Owners (January 2007) http://mainegov-images.informe.org/agriculture/pesticides/pdf/Ch26_final.pdf The Pennsylvania IPM Program - House Pest Problem Solver http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/ProblemSolvers/house.html Safter Pest Control Project Techniques
for IPM in the Home Using
the ADA to promote IPM in Schools School IPM Resources Connecticut IPM Program for Schools http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/general/scoolipm/ipm4school.htm Maine IPM Program for Schools |
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