bed bug news for 2007-11-11: Lexington, KY and Toronto, ON
By Nobugsonme on Nov 10, 2007 in Joe Fiorito, Lexington, The Star, bed bug epidemic, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and the elderly, bedbugs, best practices, canada, education, elderly, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, homelessness, housing laws, how to kill bed bugs, journalist, journalists, kentucky, low-income housing, multi-unit buildings, ontario, pest control, public education, public health, public housing, social services, spread, toronto, treatment, treatment in institutions, usa
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“The Kentucky Department for Public Health is encouraging people to learn more about bed bugs, the small, brownish insects that feed on the blood of animals.” Paradoxically, this article contains almost no content or explanation of how they’ll do that.
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“But not all tenants are capable of looking after themselves. Some people are reclusive; some are hoarders; some are not rational; some have disabilities; and not everyone has friends or family.” Another bed bugs in Canada story from Joe Fiorito.
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“A double-barrelled problem: the stigma of the bugs, and the fear of retaliation by the landlord. That’s common in social housing.” Joe Fiorito is apparently on the Star’s unofficial bed bug beat. Go Joe!
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“We’ve never had this before. I wish the public would know this. We aren’t here by choice. We were hardworking people. Many of us are women whose husbands have died. We are teachers, counsellors; responsible people.” Another Joe Fiorito article.
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