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It seems like those blood sucking bedbugs are popping up everywhere. From hotel rooms to dressing rooms and now, news that bedbugs were discovered in a patient’s room at a Providence hospital. The issue of bedbugs is making many feel like they just want to stay home, but there are tips you can... more
Category: Bed Bugs
New research finds bedbugs are carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The resurgence of bedbug infestations have been a nuisance at best for hotels and homeowners as scientists have always said that the tiny blood-sucking creatures didn’t carry infectious agents that could harm humans.
However, new research out of Canada reported Wednesday sheds some different... more
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National Online Bed Bug Registry locates hotels with dreaded infestations
We all know the old adage: "Good night, don't let the bed bugs bite." But who would imagine that there is a growing pest problem in some of the leading hotels where beg bugs are being identified and reported?
A new web site, www.bedbugregistry.com, is a useful tool to see up-to-date information... more
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Bedbug invasion in Boston
They lay in wait for you as they crawl around inside your mattress and now apparently, no one is immune no matter how much you have in your bank account.
According to the Boston Herald, bedbugs are taking over throughout the city to the horror of many, especially in the Back Bay and South End where... more
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For Boston hotels, dogs lead the charge in finding bed bugs
"A dog's keen sense of smell can detect bed bugs in all crevasses quickly while it takes an exterminator hours to perform the same inspection," says Carl Massicott, owner of Advanced K9 Detectives, in Milford, CT.
As reported in the Boston Globe, in the past 5 1/2 years at least ten Boston area... more
Bed bugs get own web site(s)
May 19th, 2011 2:37 am ET
Broderick Perkins
Consumer News Examiner
Surprisingly, The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) is the Johnny-come-lately web site for all things bed bugs.
Business must be slow.
The association, just this month, announced AllThingsBedBugs.org to "arm users with... more
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N.Y. Times' Modern Love Column: Alone When Bed Bugs Bite
A couple of months ago when I woke up with small clusters of insect bites on my elbows, hands and knees, it happened to be the opening day of the first-ever North American bedbug summit, held in Chicago.
I know this because I read about it in the newspaper on my way to work while scratching at a... more
What Spreads Faster Than Bedbugs? Stigma
Excerpted from N.Y. Times
Emily B. Hager
Jeremy Sparig spent months fighting bedbugs. Now, to some people, he is like a mattress left on the street, something best avoided in these times.
“They don’t want to hug you anymore; they don’t want you coming over,” said Mr. Sparig, of East... more
Bed Bugs Are Evolving Rapidly to Withstand Pesticides
The first comprehensive genetic study of bedbugs, the irritating pests that have enjoyed a world-wide resurgence in recent years, indicates they are quickly evolving to withstand the pesticides used to combat them.
The new findings from entomologists at Ohio State University, show that bedbugs may... more
EPA, Other Federal Agencies to Hold Bed Bug Summit in February 1-2, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
Bed Bug Summit Feb 2011
EPA, Other Federal Agencies to Hold Bed Bug Summit in February 1-2, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – To help find solutions to the nation’s bed bug problem, the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup is convening a second national summit set for February 1-2, 2011, in... more
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