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Fort McMurray Baby’s Death Caused By Pesticide For Bed Bugs

Posted on February 26, 2015 by admin Click Here For Article

Investigators say the death of a baby and the hospitalization of four other children are linked to high levels of an insecticide found in the family's northern Alberta apartment.

Brad Grainger, deputy chief of operations for the Fort McMurray fire department, said the family brought the insecticide, which is similar to aluminum phosphide pellets used in North America, home from Pakistan, where they were on vacation about 10 days ago.

The pellets, when put into fumigator, emit a phosphine gas, which can be toxic.

"We're not sure how long the family was exposed,'' Grainger said. "The younger that you are, the more susceptible you can be.''

One of the children, an eight-month-old baby, died in hospital and four others were in critical condition Monday. Ages and names were not released.

Grainger didn't say what type of insect the family was trying to kill, but the Edmonton Journal quoted a relative who said it was bed bugs.

Grainger said that type of insecticide is a controlled substance in Canada.

He said an acceptable level of exposure is one part per million over 15 minutes or 0.3 parts per million over eight hours. One room in the apartment had concentrated levels of the insecticide at four parts per million.

"(That's) about four times the average short duration exposure (that's safe),'' he said.

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Bed bug fumigant likely to blame in Alberta baby's death

Posted on February 24, 2015 by admin Click Here For Article

CTVNews.ca Staff Published Monday, February 23, 2015 10:29AM EST Last Updated Monday, February 23, 2015 10:00PM EST

An eight-month-old baby is dead and four other children are in hospital after their mother used a fumigant to get rid of bed bugs in their Fort McMurray, Alta., apartment.

Shazia Yarkhan told CTV Edmonton that her sister was trying to kill bed bugs with a chemical brought from Pakistan, where the family had recently vacationed.

She just wanted to kill bugs, and she just put some medicine over there in (the) apartment because she complained to the apartment caretaker and she didn't respond to anything, Yarkhan said.

Police have not confirmed what type of substance was used, but sources told CTV News that it was phosphine, a dangerous agricultural pesticide that attacks the central nervous system. Phosphine is tightly regulated in Canada and a special licence is required to use it. The chemical is most often used by farmers on their crops.

Wood Buffalo RCMP Cpl. George Cameron said investigators are treating the Fort McMurray poisonings as accidental.

RCMP responded to a call for a reported chemical spill at 81 Fraser Ave. in Fort McMurray around 3 p.m. on Sunday. Although officers found that the spill was contained to one unit, they evacuated the entire building.

RCMP announced Monday that an eight-month-old baby died in hospital. Two of its siblings, aged two and six, were rushed by air ambulance to Stollery Childrens hospital in Edmonton. Two other siblings, a 4-year-old and a seven-year-old, were taken to Northern Lights Regional Health Centre hospital in Fort McMurray, police said.

All four children are in critical condition. Their mother is under observation in hospital in Fort McMurray, while their father is with the two children who were taken to Edmonton.

Police have not confirmed the gender of any of the children. No names have been released.

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How to get rid of bed bugs? Saskatoon Pest Control

Posted on February 24, 2015 by admin Click Here For Article

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How to Get Rid Of Bed Bugs | ARLA

Posted on February 13, 2015 by admin Click Here For Article

The Alberta Residential Landlord Association (ARLA) is working closely with the Edmonton Bed Bug Stakeholder Committee, Alberta Health and ARLA members to monitor and better understand the recent resurgence of bed bugs in Edmonton and throughout North America.

ARLA is aware that many Alberta Residential Landlord Association members are experiencing infestations of bed bugs as they spread throughout the City of Edmonton, including but limited to office and commercial space, hotels, hospitals, public areas, shelters, housing, etc.

ARLA recognizes that bed bugs are not associated with unsanitary living conditions in rental properties but rather are primarily spread as a result of:

ARLA is of the view that education is key in addressing the problem of bed bugs. ARLA continues to encourage its members to educate themselves and their residents on bed bug recognition, prevention and elimination.

ARLA believes that prevention and elimination of bed bugs is a cohesive partnership among ARLA members, residents and all levels of government. ARLA members should therefore encourage non-punitive reporting of infestations and joint cooperation in any treatment process to ensure effective results.

ARLA wishes to see members and their residents comply with treatment recommendations and protocol to prevent and eliminate bed bugs by including regular suite monitoring for bed bugs and initiating professional pest control treatment to eliminate bed bug populations.

ARLA is working to ensure that our members have access to the latest information on effective bed bug control treatments, tools and procedures through closely monitoring research as it becomes available, participating in bed bug information sharing initiatives and educating our membership through seminars, symposiums, handout materials, website and articles in the ARLA Rental Gazette Newsletters.

BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN CONTROL THE SPREAD OF BED BUGS!

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Bed bugs mattress encasements and box springs encasements …

Posted on February 6, 2015 by admin Click Here For Article

If you have bed bugs, many pest management professionals and entomologists recommend encasing your mattress in a high-quality encasement that is designed and tested to keep bed bugs in. If you do not yet have bed bugs, an encasement may be a good preventive measure for keeping bed bugs out of your box springs and mattress.

The use of encasements is not without controversy. We are aware of several highly respected UK bed bug experts (namely Richard Naylor of the University of Sheffield and David Cain of Bed-bugs.co.uk), who dont recommend encasing mattresses. However, at this writing (8/2011), I cant think of any North American PCOs or entomologists who generally recommend against encasements.

The design of beds may play into this: keep in mind that UK beds tend not to have US-style box springs, and that box springs are notorious for harboring bed bugs. And British-style divan beds tend to have wheels attached, which makes them impossible to encase.

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The argument against encasements:

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My own sense gathered from the input of various experts is that the vulnerability of North American-style box springs means they should be securely encased. (As youll see below, some experts recommend this be done with mattress encasements, which may be better-designed in some cases than those marketed as box spring encasements.)

And while using a mattress encasement does not prevent you from getting bed bugs in your home, if kept intact, it will keep them on the encasement surface and prevent bed bugs from harboring on and leaving fecal stains on the mattress itself and the staining in particular is something many people would like to avoid, especially on a nice or newer mattress.

If your pest management professional does recommend encasement use for your box springs and/or mattresses, make sure you are using ones which have been independently tested to keep bed bugs in or out (more on that below), make sure they are installed correctly and carefully, and inspect them regularly and carefully for tears.

On the other hand, if your pest management professional does not agree with encasement use, and they seem to know what theyre doing, then I would recommend you follow their protocols.

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