Month: August 2011
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Bed Bug Crash Course for College-Bound Students
Sending a child off to college this fall? Arm him or her with information about preventing and responding to bed bug infestations. It’s true—college dorms and student apartments are not immune from bed bug infestations, reports Washington Post columnist Jennifer LaRue Huget. But forewarned is forearmed; a little prevention—and a lesson in what to […]
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California Wants You to Know About Healthy Schools
California’s Healthy Schools Act of 2000 (Assembly Bill 2260) put into place right-to-know requirements such as notification, posting, and recordkeeping for pesticides used at public schools and public child day care facilities. For more information, including a copy of the laws, go to DPR’s School IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Web site: http://apps.cdpr.ca.gov/schoolipm/overview/faq2000.cfm. The California Department […]