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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/health-1/bedbugs-at-school-the-new-lice.html
Bedbugs at school: The new lice but worse
Public schools are facing something of a plague, and, for once, I do not mean standardized tests. Rather, bedbugs.
Schools in a number of states have closed off classrooms -- or the entire building -- because of bedbugs this school year, and Michigan government officials issued a document telling schools how to handle any infestations, complete with a template of a parent notification letter (Dear Parent or Guardian: We recently found a bed bug in your childs classroom....).
In New York City, the number of confirmed bedbug cases in the first five months of the school is on pace to triple last years total. City schools have so far reported 1,7000 cases this academic year, the citys Department of Education reported.
Schools are accustomed to dealing with seasonal outbreaks of head lice; kids unfortunate to get a case go home and get rid of them with special shampoo and often time-consuming hair combing. (Bedsheets and other things in the house also have to be washed.)
Bedbugs are harder to eliminate; researchers say they are becoming resistant to pesticides (as are lice).
Infestations are relatively new (even if bedbugs themselves are prehistoric) and growing in the United States. The U.S. government just convened its second two-day National Bed Bug Summit in Washington D.C., where panels to discussed how to control these pests on a community-wide basis. Federal officials are working on a national strategy for bed bug control.
Bedbugs at school: The new lice but worse
By Valerie Strauss
Public schools are facing something of a plague, and, for once, I do not mean standardized tests. Rather, bedbugs.
Schools in a number of states have closed off classrooms -- or the entire building -- because of bedbugs this school year, and Michigan government officials issued a document telling schools how to handle any infestations, complete with a template of a parent notification letter (Dear Parent or Guardian: We recently found a bed bug in your childs classroom....).
In New York City, the number of confirmed bedbug cases in the first five months of the school is on pace to triple last years total. City schools have so far reported 1,7000 cases this academic year, the citys Department of Education reported.
Schools are accustomed to dealing with seasonal outbreaks of head lice; kids unfortunate to get a case go home and get rid of them with special shampoo and often time-consuming hair combing. (Bedsheets and other things in the house also have to be washed.)
Bedbugs are harder to eliminate; researchers say they are becoming resistant to pesticides (as are lice).
Infestations are relatively new (even if bedbugs themselves are prehistoric) and growing in the United States. The U.S. government just convened its second two-day National Bed Bug Summit in Washington D.C., where panels to discussed how to control these pests on a community-wide basis. Federal officials are working on a national strategy for bed bug control.
Bedbugs at school: The new lice but worse
Public schools are facing something of a plague, and, for once, I do not mean standardized tests. Rather, bedbugs.
Schools in a number of states have closed off classrooms -- or the entire building -- because of bedbugs this school year, and Michigan government officials issued a document telling schools how to handle any infestations, complete with a template of a parent notification letter (Dear Parent or Guardian: We recently found a bed bug in your childs classroom....).
In New York City, the number of confirmed bedbug cases in the first five months of the school is on pace to triple last years total. City schools have so far reported 1,7000 cases this academic year, the citys Department of Education reported.
Schools are accustomed to dealing with seasonal outbreaks of head lice; kids unfortunate to get a case go home and get rid of them with special shampoo and often time-consuming hair combing. (Bedsheets and other things in the house also have to be washed.)
Bedbugs are harder to eliminate; researchers say they are becoming resistant to pesticides (as are lice).
Infestations are relatively new (even if bedbugs themselves are prehistoric) and growing in the United States. The U.S. government just convened its second two-day National Bed Bug Summit in Washington D.C., where panels to discussed how to control these pests on a community-wide basis. Federal officials are working on a national strategy for bed bug control.
Bedbugs at school: The new lice but worse
By Valerie Strauss
Public schools are facing something of a plague, and, for once, I do not mean standardized tests. Rather, bedbugs.
Schools in a number of states have closed off classrooms -- or the entire building -- because of bedbugs this school year, and Michigan government officials issued a document telling schools how to handle any infestations, complete with a template of a parent notification letter (Dear Parent or Guardian: We recently found a bed bug in your childs classroom....).
In New York City, the number of confirmed bedbug cases in the first five months of the school is on pace to triple last years total. City schools have so far reported 1,7000 cases this academic year, the citys Department of Education reported.
Schools are accustomed to dealing with seasonal outbreaks of head lice; kids unfortunate to get a case go home and get rid of them with special shampoo and often time-consuming hair combing. (Bedsheets and other things in the house also have to be washed.)
Bedbugs are harder to eliminate; researchers say they are becoming resistant to pesticides (as are lice).
Infestations are relatively new (even if bedbugs themselves are prehistoric) and growing in the United States. The U.S. government just convened its second two-day National Bed Bug Summit in Washington D.C., where panels to discussed how to control these pests on a community-wide basis. Federal officials are working on a national strategy for bed bug control.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41373715/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/
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