1. Product Stewardship Institute National Mattress Stewardship Meeting Monday, April 11, 2011 Hartford, Connecticut “Bed bugs”, a simple name for a complicated subject for a complicated subject Dr. Gale E. Ridge Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Experiment Station New Haven, CT Connecticut Coalition Against Bed Bugs Joan Jordan Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Hartford, CT 1

2. Current Projects & services List-serve (280 membership) List-serve (280 membership) Public outreach and education Public outreach and education Health department video Health department video Best Practices for Bed Bug Management Best Practices for Bed Bug Management Mattress, bedding and upholstered furniture. Guidance document for the reuse/resale and recycling industries in Connecticut Document reviewing & advisory activities Document reviewing & advisory activities Protocols: including schools, visiting nurses, heath agencies etc. Protocols: including schools, visiting nurses, heath agencies etc. Forums for citizens and professionals (April 28 th & October 6 th 2011) Forums for citizens and professionals (April 28 th & October 6 th 2011) Grants Grants CT bed bug Pest Management Professionals service list (NPMA) CT bed bug Pest Management Professionals service list (NPMA) Bed Bug Forum Southern Connecticut State University Connecticut Coalition Against Bed Bugs 2

3. Historic trade routes and bed bug world distribution Pre-medieval trade routes Spice routes Current trade routes 3

4. Bed bug reporting and current trade routes 4

5. Family portrait Adult female Adult male Newly hatched nymphs and egg cases Adult and nymph 5

6. Bed bugs commuting between bed and refuge Clustering behavior in a refuge Night stand with fecal spots 6

7. Bed bug sign Detritus Fecal spotting, in this case, on walls Cluttered apartment Feeding 7

8. Bed bug management on bedding? Metal beds used in 1918 Flu epidemic to limit bed bug movement Un-engorged adult Engorged adult Watch glasses 8

9. Connecticut General Assembly proposed bed bug bills 2011 9

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11. Joan Jordan Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection 11

12. The International Association of Bedding and Furniture Law Officials (IABFLO) is a group made up of the bedding regulators and the industry that we regulate. The International Association of Bedding and Furniture Law Officials (IABFLO) is a group made up of the bedding regulators and the industry that we regulate. The website is The following are the states which have bedding laws, although not all of these states have second hand laws: 1.California 2.Connecticut 3.Delaware 4.City of Detroit, Michigan 5.Massachusetts 6.North Carolina 7.Ohio 8.Oklahoma 9.Pennsylvania 10.Rhode Island 11.Texas 12.Utah 13.Virginia 14.West Virginia The website has the links to all the state programs. www.abflo.orgwww.abflo.org www.abflo.org www.abflo.org 12

13. 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 (860)713-6123 Joan Jordan, Supervisor Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Dr. Gale E. Ridge The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 123 Huntington Street, P. O. Box 1106 New Haven, CT 06524-1106 Tel: (203) 974-8478 Fax: (203) 974-8502 E-mail: gale.ridge@ct.gov joan.jordan@ct.gov www.ct.gov/dcpwww.ct.gov/dcp www.ct.gov/dcp www.ct.gov/dcp Most photos of bed bugs by Michael Thomas (CAES) 13