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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, An increased number of Illinois municipalities | ||||||
| 3 | are experiencing infestations of the common bed bug (Cimex | ||||||
| 4 | lectularius); the health, habitability, and quality of life in | ||||||
| 5 | affected dwellings has been diminished by this growing public | ||||||
| 6 | nuisance; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Bed bug infestations are uniquely challenging to | ||||||
| 8 | exterminate; the infestations have, however, been successfully | ||||||
| 9 | treated through Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Ohio Department of Agriculture has petitioned | ||||||
| 12 | the U.S. EPA for a waiver of Section (18) of the Federal | ||||||
| 13 | Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to facilitate the | ||||||
| 14 | indoor use of the insecticide Propoxur to treat bed bug | ||||||
| 15 | infestations in residences; 12 additional states have | ||||||
| 16 | contemplated joining this petition; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Propoxur is classified as a probable human | ||||||
| 18 | carcinogen (Group B2) by the United States Environmental | ||||||
| 19 | Protection Agency and is listed as a known human carcinogen by | ||||||
| 20 | the State of California; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, In April of 2009, the U.S. EPA held its first-ever | ||||||
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| 1 | National Bed Bug Summit to solicit recommendations on dealing | ||||||
| 2 | with the growing public nuisance of bed bugs; among the major | ||||||
| 3 | recommendations emanating from that summit was policy support | ||||||
| 4 | for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The common bed bug is a public health nuisance; it | ||||||
| 6 | is in the public interest to protect the health of Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | citizens and promote safe and effective strategies for the | ||||||
| 8 | eradication of bed bugs; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | urge the Illinois Department of Agriculture, the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Public Health, and other relevant State agencies | ||||||
| 13 | to not join the petition for an EPA waiver for residential | ||||||
| 14 | Propoxur use in combating bed bugs; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That we urge all relevant State agencies to fully | ||||||
| 16 | examine their statutory authority to promote the use of IPM | ||||||
| 17 | strategies in the eradication of bed bugs; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | ||||||
| 19 | to the Directors of the Illinois Department of Agriculture and | ||||||
| 20 | the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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