Introductions
Name
Affiliation
Position
Level of understanding of IPM
Interest/thoughts about IPM
Ryan Davis, Utah State University Extension
Utah Coalition for Integrated Pest
Management in Schools
1. Contact Ryan Davis to join
1. Meet once/twice a year to discuss IPM issues and
to learn about new topics
1. Can help create training programs for your school
1. A great way to network with other schools and
people practicing IPM around the state
Ryan Davis, Utah State University Extension
-Know Health/Safety Regs.
-Advise on health issues
-Advocates
School IPM
Coalition
Brings Together
Expertise
School Employees
- Practical Experience
Ryan
- IPM
- Urban Ent.
- Ornamental Ent.
- Pest Control
Today’s Overall Objectives
1. Learn about the School Rule
2. Understand why IPM is important
3. Understand IPM practices and principles
4. Learn how to implement or enforce an IPM program
5. Learn where to find school IPM resources
6. Experience an IPM inspection
Ryan Davis, Utah State University Extension
What this Workshop is NOT
1. A comprehensive course of urban,
ornamental, or turfgrass IPM
2. A review of common pests
3. A pesticide education course
4. Not a pest management course
5. Will not go into depth on the day-to-day of SIPM
1. Should not be considered everything you
need to know about IPM
Ryan Davis, Utah State University Extension
Utah Health Department
Administrative Code
R392-200-7(12)
Understanding Utah’s “School Rule”
Ryan Davis, Utah State University Extension
Utah Administrative Code
R392-200-7(12)
- Health Dept. Reg.
- Passed in Aug. 2013
- Requires IPM
- Public, private, charter,
attached preschools
- Enforced by local health
departments
- Carries the weight of law
Utah Administrative Code
R392-200-7(12)
Basic idea:
• Help keep kids safe
Minimize unnecessary
pesticide use in and
around schools
• Manage pests properly
What is a Pesticide?
Pesticide Labeling: GHS
OSHA June 1, 2015
Pesticide Labeling
•Carcinogen
•Mutagenicity
•Reproductive Toxicity
•Respiratory Sensitizer
•Target Organ Toxicity
Health hazard pictogram:
Long-term health effects
•Aspiration Toxicity
IPM Around the Country
24
16
Law or Reg.
Other SIPM Requirement
No SIPM Requirement
Taking it a step farther!
NY (2010): Pesticide ban on school/daycare
playgrounds & equip., turf, and athletic
or playing fields.
Antimicrobials (e.g. bleach)
Aerosol sprays in < 18 oz cans
Exceptions:
Non-volatile insect/rodent baits in
tamper-resistant containers
Hort. oils and soaps
EPA exempt (25(b)) pesticides
CT (2009): Pesticide ban on the grounds
of day care centers, elementary and
middle schools.
Why Change?
Differences in physiology
-
nervous, immune, digestive and other
systems are still developing
can’t detoxify like adults
breathe in more air than adults, inhaling
almost 2 times as many pollutants
smaller bodies
Differences in behavior
- spend more time playing where pesticides
may be present
- crawl on floors, etc.
- hand-to-mouth contact more frequent
Exposure time per room
-
Kids > 6hrs per day (>1000 hrs/yr)
PCO = 15 min/month (~ 3 hrs/yr)
Playing fields/turf???
From EPA fact sheet: EPA 735-F-07-003
Why Change?
Acute exposure
-
headaches
muscle twitching
tingling sensations
asthma symptoms
- dizziness
- weakness
- nausea
Long term or preconception/prenatal
exposure may cause
-
birth defects
learning disabilities
behavioral changes
respiratory problems
organ damage
forms of cancer, including leukemia, breast
cancer, and brain tumors
Information taken from EPA fact sheet: EPA 735-F-07-003
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/Publications/pest-impact-hsstaff.pdf
Why Change?
American Academy of Pediatrics
- 62,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric
medical sub-specialists and pediatric surgical
specialists
-Most of the pest problems that occur indoors as
well as control of lawn and garden pests can be
addressed with least toxic approaches, including
integrated pest management (IPM)
techniques.”
-
“…[pediatricians should] work with schools
and governmental agencies to advocate for
application of least toxic pesticides by using
IPM principles...”
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/6/e1757.full.html
UT Asthma Burden
45,000
children
in Utah
Schools
8% of
children in
Utah
5,468
children in
Davis
County
1,800
Classrooms
72
Elementary
Schools
219
Classrooms
Source UDOH, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2009
8.76
Elementary
Schools
Why Change?
• Every step you take to
prevent pesticide use
decreases the
possibility of misuse.
• Liability can be
outsourced, but isn’t
there more at stake?
The “School Rule”: a.
Minimize
pests
disease
vectors
carry
allergens
- may sting or bite causing mild
to serious reactions in some
individuals
Examples
-
of
Cockroaches
Mice/rats
Yellow jackets/stinging
Bed bugs
Black widow spiders
Stored products pests
Filth flies
pests
of
health
concern:
The “School Rule”: b.
Adopt integrated pest management
principles and practices
The “School Rule”: c.
Written
&
- Governing
- Pest
Company
IPM
Policy
Plan
body
Control
The “School Rule”: d.
Use
non-chemical
whenever
management
-Minimize
conditions
-Removal of clutter or harborage
-Improved sanitation
-Elimination of food sources
-Exclusion
-A no-action alternative
methods
possible…
pest-conducive
The “School Rule”: e.
Utah Dept. of Agriculture pesticide
regulation R68-7
The “School Rule”: e.
Utah Dept. of Agriculture pesticide
regulation R68-7
Where are your schools located?
The “School Rule”
- School IPM Website:
utahpests.usu.edu/schoolIPM/
- Environmental
Inspectors.
Health