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January 13, 2011
Report urges awareness, pesticides to squash bed bugs
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By JENNIFER NOBLIT
During the past decade, bed bug complaints in Ohio have increased dramatically. The workgroup has determined the best possible approaches to assist Ohio communities in dealing with these pests.
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A bed bug report released last week by the Ohio Department of Health is waiting for a cue from state leaders. After seven meetings, the Ohio Bed Bug Workgroup report was released Jan. 5 and included 10 recommendations to prevent and control the spread of the bug that carries no disease, but feeds on human blood. The workgroup formed in early 2010 included pest management, housing, government and public health representatives gathered “to assess the growing bed bug problem, identify how it is currently being handled across the state and determine the best possible approaches to assist Ohio’s citizens and communities in prevention and control efforts,� the report said. Bed bugs are often found near sleeping areas and can easily “hitchhike� undetected on common items such as clothing, bags and furniture. “During the past decade, bed bug complaints in Ohio have increased dramatically,� ODH director and workgroup chair Alvin Jackson said in a news release. “The workgroup has determined the best possible approaches to assist Ohio communities in deal-
ALVIN JACKSON —ODH director and Ohio Bed Bug Workgroup chair
ing with these pests.� Jennifer House, public affairs officer for the ODH, said the report was given to the recently sworn-in Gov. John Kasich, outgoing Gov. Ted Strickland and general assembly leaders. “We’ll await guidance from our legislative leaders on how they’ll work this out,� House said. The workgroup is also awaiting word on a few grants that could move recommendations forward. Bed bugs have been relatively unknown pests in the past 50 years, but recently emerged because of safety and environmental changes, resistance to pesticides available to the public and pest management companies, increased international travel and little experience dealing with the bugs, the bed bug report theorized. Bed bug outbreaks have been
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reported in homes, apartments, hotels, nursing homes, residential facilities and senior living centers. In central Ohio, bed bug complaints were under 50 in 2007, but increased to more than 100 in 2008 and nearly 450 in 2009, the report said. During the course of its work, the group identified the lack of education, effective pesticides, collaboration between various agencies and the high cost of bed bug treatments as serious roadblocks in dealing with the problem. The report recommended getting pest control companies “effective and safe alternatives to those (pesticides) currently available for the control of bed bugs.� Some bed bugs are resistant to currently available pesticides, which leads to the need for multiple treatments. Some people cannot afford several treatments,
the report said. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has petitioned the U.S. EPA to “provide an emergency exemption for the residential use of� the pesticide Propoxur, but has so far been denied. House said Strickland wrote another letter to the U.S. EPA on Dec. 20 asking the agency to reconsider the ban on propoxur, but “right now we’re awaiting response.� The report recommends continuing requests for Propoxur, and asking the U.S. EPA and other federal agencies to facilitate and register bed bug pesticides that are “safe, effective and affordable.� Other recommendations revolve around statewide education and awareness in addition to developing ways to deal with the problem at local health departments. Finding ways to help low income people with bed bug prevention and control, as well as inspections for hotels and motels also made the list of recommendations. For a full list of recommendations or more information, the bed bug report can be found online at odh.ohio.gov/features/ odhfeatures/bedbugsfeature.aspx.
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