Feb 08 2011
Source: NBC News Schools reported 1,700 confirmed bedbug cases in first five months of school year Bedbugs are plaguing New York City public schools like never before, according to the latest stats from the Department of Education. City schools reported 1,700 confirmed bedbug cases in just the first five months of the school year – a rate that’s on [...]
Feb 02 2011
A Letter From Animal Planet: I am writing from Optomen Productions a documentary production company based in New York. We create programming for National Geographic, PBS, Discovery Channel and many others. Animal Planet has recently commissioned us to create a one hour project all about Bed Bugs. The aim of this program is to investigate [...]
Jan 28 2011
The news story has not yet broken in English, here is the french version: Source: Rue Frontenac Écrit par Gabrielle Duchaine Jeudi, 27 janvier 2011 19:03 Mise à jour le Vendredi, 28 janvier 2011 10:08 Une Montréalaise a été poussée au suicide par les punaises de lits qui infestaient son HLM, conclut le coroner Jacques [...]
Jan 25 2011
By Kellie Geist-May • kmay@communitypress.com Union Township firefighters responded to an apartment complex in Mt. Carmel this weekend after a tenant tried to kill bedbugs with rubbing alcohol. The call came at around 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, from 505 Old Ohio 74. “The occupant was trying to self-exterminate bed bugs and was spraying the [...]
Jan 01 2011
Orkin Pest Control and Terminix [the two largest pest control companies in the US] released a list of the top bed bug infested cities in the US: ORKIN Cincinnati Columbus, Ohio Chicago Denver Detroit Washington New York Philadelphia Dayton, Ohio Baltimore Lexington, Ky. Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Minn. Hartford/ New Haven, Conn. Boston/ Manchester, Mass. Los [...]
Nov 24 2010
As we transition from fall into winter the air becomes “dry” and our skin subsequently loses moisture. Often this can result in itchiness, bumps, rash-like marks, and even blood. We subconsciously scratch the itchy areas while we sleep and this can lead to small blood marks or streaks on our sheets. This causes a spike [...]
Nov 13 2010
Source: The Vancouver Sun METRO VANCOUVER — Sniffer dogs are the latest defence in the battle of the bedbugs in Metro Vancouver, but consumers should be wary of pest-control companies that do not conduct visual inspections to verify the canine findings. Bedbug-detecting dogs are touted by several Vancouver companies because trained dogs can detect bedbugs’ [...]
Oct 02 2010
Source: The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal building that houses the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington is heavily secured — but officials couldn’t keep the bedbugs out. USAID officials told employees this week that juvenile bedbugs were found in a single office at the agency’s tower in the Ronald Reagan Building and [...]
Sep 27 2010
The CPMA (NPMA) and SPMA of BC will jointly be hosting bed bug symposiums in Vancouver (Nov.5) and Victoria (Nov.4). These symposiums are geared toward non-pest control people (i.e. landlords, residents, property management, hospitals, hotel staff, etc.). Info on the VANCOUVER symposium. Info on the VICTORIA symposium. Registration should be up and running by the [...]
Sep 26 2010
Source: WKYT.com Firefighters were called to the home on 403 Westerfield Way in Lexington after they say a woman tried to take a problem into her own hands. “They are the most pain in the butt bug I’ve ever met in my life,” says the homeowner, who wants to go by Carol. Carol says she [...]