Apr 30 2009
Source: EPA
EPA’s National Bed Bug summit was held on April 14 and 15 in Arlington, Virgina.
Final Agenda (PDF) (3 pp, 32K)
Public Docket Available – EPA has established a public docket for this Summit under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0190. Speaker presentations, attendance sign-in sheets and public comments received during the Summit are available in the [...]
Apr 21 2009
Source: USA Today Blog
Bed bugs sure have been getting a lot of press over the past week, thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency and its highly publicized, first-ever bed bug summit in Arlington, Va., that ended Wednesday.
In organizing the event, which assembled leading bed bug experts from around the world, the U.S. agency said it had been seeing a [...]
Apr 19 2009
Source: CBC.ca
A Regina pest control company says it is becoming difficult to combat bedbugs, an annoying insect whose population is growing across North America.
Shawn Sherwood, one of the managers at Poulin’s Pest Control in Regina, told CBC News his firm has experienced a three-fold increase in calls to deal with bedbugs.
“We’re doing one or two [...]
Apr 19 2009
Source: CBC.ca
Pest control companies in New Brunswick are reporting a rise in the number of bedbug complaints, as the tiny, blood-sucking insects appear to be making a comeback.
Greg Ricker, the owner of Excel Pest Control in Fredericton, said in the past five years complaints of bedbugs have increased, especially in hotels and in apartment buildings.
“About [...]
Apr 14 2009
Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is waking up to what has become a growing nightmare in many parts of the country — a bed bug outbreak.
The tiny reddish-brown insects, last seen in great numbers prior to World War II, are on the rebound. They have infested college dormitories, hospital wings, homeless shelters [...]
Apr 13 2009
Source: NY Times
Throughout my early childhood I was tucked into bed with a gentle admonition: “Good night, sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite.” Not that my parents or I had ever seen a bed bug or known anyone bitten by one.
But these days this old saying has resonance for many more people than [...]