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Integrated Pest Management in Affordable Housing - Pest control in multi-family housing is challenging.  Resident's housekeeping practices vary as does their tolerance for pests.  Maintenance is a never-ending battle.  Pests move easily from one unit to another.  And everyone must respect resident's privacy and independence.

The ABC's of Healthy Schools (PDF) - Fact sheet from CHEJ on creating a healthy school environment, good info for concerned parents or teachers.

Asthma Management in the School Setting - Good background information on causes of asthma which include pests and pesticides, from National Assoc. of School Nurses.

Asthma and Schools - Educational materials, medical information, websites, and other resources for anyone working within the school system.

Beasts Begone! - A practitioner's guide to IPM in buildings from Cornell Cooperative Extension. Online publication available for free.

Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (CHEJ) - Virginia-based organization that informs residents on clean and healthy environment rights. They have four campaigns including Be Safe, Child Proofing Our Communities, Green Flags Schools, and Alliance for Safe Alternatives. Great information on environmental health hazards.

Children's Health Environmental Coalition - Non-profit organization offering information and resources on environmental health risks to children from exposure to toxic substances in the home & school

Dealing with Mold Using Integrated Pest Management - 4-page brochure for schools, from Wisconsin Dept. of Ag Trade & Consumer Protection.

EPA Healthy School Environments - This site is "intended to serve as a gateway to on-line resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects, design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers and staff address environmental health issues in schools."

Green Flags Schools - Program for students, teachers, and parents to work together to make the school environment healthier by implementing IPM, from Center for Health, Environment, and Justice.

Healthy Homes - How to use IPM in the home, along with information on allergens, mold, green building materials and more.

HeadLice.org - Site for the National Pediculosis Association - all about head lice and scabies!

Household and Structural Urban Entomology - Clemson University.

How to Control Head Lice - Slide show by Univ. of Connecticut IPM.

Insectclopedia - Pests found in Homes - A large collection of links to fact sheets from many different universities nationwide.

Introduction to IPM for "Urban" Landscapes - Describes IPM and how to develop and implement an IPM program, from IPM Associates.

IPM Access - IPM design in urban landscapes, links, and an open forum for discussing IPM.

Managing Rodents and Mosquitoes Through IPM - How to manage rodent and mosquito infestations, and the CDC's promotion of IPM and implementation examples. Web broadcast from the Centers for Disease Control.

Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau - IPM - Discusses IPM in state buildings, urban IPM, and school IPM.

National School IPM Web Site - Information for administrators, parents, teachers, with sample school surveys and links for pest management on school grounds.

NebGuide - Termites - By the University of Nebraska.

NY State Community IPM - Reports on community IPM projects and publications.

Penn State Entomology Department - Fact sheets on many pests.

Protecting Your Home Against Termites - By University of Kentucky Extension.

Public Health Pest Control - This site offers identification assistance and management information on arthropod and mammalian vectors of diseases affecting the public health, also contains the National Public Health Pest Control Manual, list servers, and training tutorials, from University of Florida.

Science & Environmental Health Network - Precautionary Principle - A statement to base environmental & public health policy on, which states that "when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically". Now adopted by city of San Francisco.

Structural and Urban IPM - Maryland Entomology Extension - Research and specific pest information with details and links on control tactics.

Termites Baits: A Guide for Homeowners - Use of baits as alternative termite control method, by University of Kentucky Extension.

Termite Biology - Biology and identification, by North Carolina State University.

Termites - Urban Entomology Program - Very extensive termite site with photos, facts, research, and control methods from the University of Toronto.

TOXNET - A searchable group of databases on toxicology & hazardous chemicals

Univ. of Toronto Urban Entomology Program - Termites - Termite biology, control, and much more information!

Urban Insect Pests - Collection of fact sheets on urban insect pests.

Urban Integrated Pest Management - Online document by the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension.

Urban IPM Alabama - Fact sheets on household, wood destroying, and landscape pests.

Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook - A guide to identifying animal damage by Stephen Vantassel with Tom Olander. Can be ordered from web site as paper copy or CD.