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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's blog about IPM for schools and daycare centers.

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May 13, 2021

Here's an update on disinfectant use in schools from our colleagues over at the Cornell Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) Thank you to Mary Centrella, PMEP Director...

September 21, 2020

“When it comes to student learning and achievement, the physical environment is a full partner” – Dr Lorraine Maxwell, Cornell University  Another annual NYSIPM Conference...

August 26, 2020

A recent EPA nationwide webinar, What Schools Need to Know: Practices and Principles for Healthy IAQ and Reducing the Spread of Viruses, focused on indoor air quality in school...

August 3, 2020

“We should have little trouble with vermin if builders would hear and understand the ‘language’ of vermin and do a better job in eliminating their entrances and hiding...

July 28, 2020

Schools across the world are having conversations about safely sending teachers, students, and the rest of the school staff back for face-to-face education during a global...

April 24, 2020

Our friends over at Cornell’s Pesticide Management Education Program (psepccecornelledu) has asked us to help spread information on disinfectants and sanitizers During the...

March 25, 2020

(repost from June 2015) We're sharing this blog post again for its timeliness With so many schools shut down, it's a great time to target those hard to get to places...

December 14, 2017

Oh, the weather outside is frightful But a week off from school is delightful And since cleanup was incomplete School pests eat, breed and eat, breed and eat – Tortured...

November 6, 2017

Raccoons defecate in communal sites, called latrines Raccoon feces usually are dark and tubular and have a pungent odor - from Raccoon Latrines: Identification and...

January 25, 2017

The NYS Department of Health has organized a website with extensive information on school environmental health, defined as the way the physical environment of school buildings and...