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	<title>Comments on: Bed bug legislation in the U.S. House and in the Ohio House</title>
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		<title>By: nobugsonme</title>
		<link>http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/22/bed-bug-legislation-in-the-us-house-and-in-the-ohio-house/#comment-12432</link>
		<dc:creator>nobugsonme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Lauren,

Cincinnati does seem to be the furthest along.

Toronto also seems to prioritize this, though they don't seem to be as close to planning changes and  implementating them as Cincinnati is.  

We do know that Dr. David McKeown, the Toronto Medical Officer, included a reporting system as one of his recommendations for Toronto, which are &lt;a href="http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-11155.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;outlined in this PDF.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Lauren,</p>
<p>Cincinnati does seem to be the furthest along.</p>
<p>Toronto also seems to prioritize this, though they don&#8217;t seem to be as close to planning changes and  implementating them as Cincinnati is.  </p>
<p>We do know that Dr. David McKeown, the Toronto Medical Officer, included a reporting system as one of his recommendations for Toronto, which are <a href="http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-11155.pdf" rel="nofollow">outlined in this PDF.</a></p>
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		<title>By: Renee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Renee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not to our knowledge.

The city that is coming closest to articulating an overall control plan that incorporates surveillance is Cincinnati. The Cincinnati and Hamilton County health departments are starting to track infestations (reported to them) using the Cincinnati Area Geographical Information System. They've also identified the reporting of infestations treated by pest control operators as a legislative objective to explore. 

Cincinnati did classify bedbugs as vermin earlier this year (making the harboring of bedbugs a misdemeanor) but I'm not sure if we know what effect that had on the reporting of infestations.  I read somewhere that people had been assured that it would only be a carefully used enforcement tool. Still, who knows. (Anecdotally there was at least one suggestion by a bedbug sufferer here that, when the tenant involved the health department, the landlord ceased to cooperate.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to our knowledge.</p>
<p>The city that is coming closest to articulating an overall control plan that incorporates surveillance is Cincinnati. The Cincinnati and Hamilton County health departments are starting to track infestations (reported to them) using the Cincinnati Area Geographical Information System. They&#8217;ve also identified the reporting of infestations treated by pest control operators as a legislative objective to explore. </p>
<p>Cincinnati did classify bedbugs as vermin earlier this year (making the harboring of bedbugs a misdemeanor) but I&#8217;m not sure if we know what effect that had on the reporting of infestations.  I read somewhere that people had been assured that it would only be a carefully used enforcement tool. Still, who knows. (Anecdotally there was at least one suggestion by a bedbug sufferer here that, when the tenant involved the health department, the landlord ceased to cooperate.)</p>
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		<title>By: Lauren Necochea</title>
		<link>http://bedbugger.com/2008/07/22/bed-bug-legislation-in-the-us-house-and-in-the-ohio-house/#comment-12412</link>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Necochea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has any state or city made bed bugs a reportable condition? Like lead poisoning and infectious diseases?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has any state or city made bed bugs a reportable condition? Like lead poisoning and infectious diseases?</p>
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