Healthy Homes Issues: Pesticides in the Home - Healthy Housing Solutions

Healthy Homes Issues:

Pesticides in the Home

Use, Hazards, and Integrated Pest Management

November 2011

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Pesticides in the Home

Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

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Healthy Homes Issues:

Pesticides in the Home

Use, Hazards, and Integrated Pest Management

VERSION 4--November 2011

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC), Washington, DC 20410

This and previous versions of the document were prepared by: Peter Ashley, DrPH, HUD OHHLHC J. Kofi Berko, PhD, HUD OHHLHC Joanna Gaitens, PhD, Healthy Housing Solutions, Inc. Jackson Anderson, Jr., Healthy Housing Solutions, Inc. Marcia Nishioka, MS, Battelle Maureen A. Wooton, MS, Battelle Jennifer Zewatsky, MS, MEn, Battelle

Contract Nos. C-OPC-21357, C-PHI-00931 and C-PHI-01067

Acknowledgements We thank the following individuals for their helpful comments and information used in preparation of this and previous versions of the document:

John Adgate, PhD University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Kathy Seikel, MBA, BS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs

Thomas Brennan U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs

Daniel M. Stout II, PhD U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ORD--North Carolina

Deborah Hartman, JD U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs

John Menkedick, MS Battelle

Allison Taisey, MAT Northeastern IPM Center

Changlu Wang, PhD Purdue University Center for Urban and Industrial Pest Management Department of Entomology

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Preface

In 1998, Congress appropriated funds and directed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to "develop and implement a program of research and demonstration projects that would address multiple housing-related problems affecting the health of children." In response, HUD solicited the advice of experts in several disciplines and developed a preliminary plan for the Healthy Homes Initiative (HHI). The primary goal of the HHI is to protect children from housing conditions that are responsible for multiple diseases and injuries. As part of this initiative, HUD has prepared a series of papers to provide background information to their current HHI grantees, as well as other programs considering adopting a healthy homes approach. This background paper focuses on pesticides and provides a brief overview of the current status of knowledge on:

?? The extent and nature of pesticide uses and hazards in the home;

?? Assessment methods for pesticide hazards in the home;

?? Mitigation methods for pesticide hazards in the home, including preventive measures such as integrated pest management (IPM); and

?? Research needs regarding residential pesticide hazards and IPM in the home.

Please send all comments to: hhpgmfeedback@

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Fax: 202?755?1000

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