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Jessica, Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is not a particularly effective treatment for bed bugs. But, if bed bugs were actually present ten years ago, they would have long since perished. So there's no risk of contacting living bugs or eggs. The DE would pose only minimal risk. If you have a HEPA filtered vacuum, you could remove nearly all of it quite easily. Richard J. Pollack, PhD HARVARD UNIVERSITY Environmental Health, Safety and Emergency Management (EHSEM) Senior Environmental Public Health Officer 46 Blackstone St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-495-2995 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu richard_poll...@harvard.edu<mailto:richard_poll...@harvard.edu> HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Instructor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases ________________________________ From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> on behalf of Jessica Lian Pace <jessica.p...@nyu.edu> Sent: Friday, September 8, 2017 2:24:44 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Bed bugs treated with diatomaceous earth This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone, A curator is considering bringing in an archival collection consisting of paper and media materials that was treated for a bed bug infestation with diatomaceous earth 10+ years ago. We don't have much information on how the treatment was implemented. The problems with diatomaceous earth residue on collections materials aside, is it an effective means of treatment? Information on how long bed bugs and their eggs can remain dormant and how to best assess the efficacy of the remediation would also be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Jessica -- Jessica Pace Preventive Conservator Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department NYU Libraries 70 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 (212) 998-2518 ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
