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EPA to Host Webinar on Bed Bugs in Schools – December 16
For Release: November 26, 2014
A webinar, “Bed Bugs in Schools,” hosted by the EPA’s Center of Expertise for School Integrated Pest Management (IPM) will be held on December 16, from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., ET. This webinar will present the challenges schools face concerning bed bugs and an IPM strategy that engages the entire school community to successfully manage bed bugs. A moderated question and answer session will conclude the event. The webinar will feature:
- Dini Miller, Virginia Tech’s Urban Pest Managment Laboratory
- Susan Jennings, EPA Public Health Liaison
- Marcia Anderson, EPA Center of Expertise for School IPM
Register for the webinar: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/282274545
Our IPM webinar series has already reached more than 500 school officials, representing over 4 million students across the country! The series of presentations offers information on IPM and helps school districts adopt a proactive approach to pest control. The presentations are geared specifically to the school community: facility managers, buildings and grounds managers and staff, nurses, administrators, and IPM coordinators. IPM is a smart, sensible, and sustainable approach to managing pests. IPM takes action to address the underlying causes that enable pests to thrive.
Future webinars on the following topics, include:
- Keeping Rodents Out of Your School: January 27, 2015, at 12:00 p.m., ET
- Dealing with Nuisance Birds around Schools: February 24 at 2:00 p.m., ET
Learn more about IPM in Schools: https://www.epa.gov/pestwise/ipminschools/ and https://www.epa.gov/pestwise/ipminschools/implementation.html.
Watch this short video from the Colorado School IPM Coalition to learn more about IPM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSJaDtqAeY.
Read this blog about school IPM from the IPM Institute of North America: http://onevoice.pta.org/?p=4564