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U of M’s “Let’s Beat the Bed Bug” to offer local seminar
Mon, Mar 26th, 2012
Posted in State of Minnesota
Posted in State of Minnesota
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Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.,-- University of Minnesota officials will offer advice and ideas on stopping the spread of bed bugs in the Rochester area this month.
The information day will be on March 28, 2012 from 9am-3:30pm at University of Minnesota Rochester, 111 South Broadway, Rochester, MN 55904 and is intended for landlords, hotel managers, home visitors, nurses and consumers. The seminar is free, but registration is required due to a limited capacity. Participants can register via www.bedbugs.umn.edu
Bed bugs recently returned to the United States after a nearly 30-year absence. “Increased travel, changing insecticide use and a lack of public awareness brought back the bed bug,” says Stephen Kells, U of M associate professor of entomology and a nationally known expert on bed bugs. “The bugs feed on the blood of people and certain animals, and they live close to areas where people typically sleep, rest or sit for long periods. They’re most active at night, and some people break out in a rash from the bites, while others see few symptoms beyond a red spot.
Bed bugs are oval, flattened, brown and wingless, about the size of a wood tick,” Kells says. “The thing that makes them so challenging to detect and control is their ability to squeeze into cracks and crevices, where they go largely unnoticed.” By crawling into travelers’ suitcases and clothes, the bugs can easily and quickly spread to other locations from an infested hotel room or residence.
The seminar is being offered by “Let’s Beat the Bed Bug,” a new university phone and email hotline service for people who may deal with bed bugs.
Funding for “Let’s Beat the Bug” Campaign is provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Additional assistance from the Minnesota Department of Health was greatly appreciated. With support from the Minnesota Pest Management Association.
The information day will be on March 28, 2012 from 9am-3:30pm at University of Minnesota Rochester, 111 South Broadway, Rochester, MN 55904 and is intended for landlords, hotel managers, home visitors, nurses and consumers. The seminar is free, but registration is required due to a limited capacity. Participants can register via www.bedbugs.umn.edu
Bed bugs recently returned to the United States after a nearly 30-year absence. “Increased travel, changing insecticide use and a lack of public awareness brought back the bed bug,” says Stephen Kells, U of M associate professor of entomology and a nationally known expert on bed bugs. “The bugs feed on the blood of people and certain animals, and they live close to areas where people typically sleep, rest or sit for long periods. They’re most active at night, and some people break out in a rash from the bites, while others see few symptoms beyond a red spot.
Bed bugs are oval, flattened, brown and wingless, about the size of a wood tick,” Kells says. “The thing that makes them so challenging to detect and control is their ability to squeeze into cracks and crevices, where they go largely unnoticed.” By crawling into travelers’ suitcases and clothes, the bugs can easily and quickly spread to other locations from an infested hotel room or residence.
The seminar is being offered by “Let’s Beat the Bed Bug,” a new university phone and email hotline service for people who may deal with bed bugs.
Funding for “Let’s Beat the Bug” Campaign is provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Additional assistance from the Minnesota Department of Health was greatly appreciated. With support from the Minnesota Pest Management Association.
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