Bed bugs in casino and senior apartments in New Jersey, Binghamton University (again) and another dust mite photo in the news
By Nobugsonme on Nov 22, 2007 in NJ, NY, SUNY, atlantic city, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, binghamton university, broome county, casino, colleges, diane o'hora, dust mite photos, dust mites, education, elderly, get rid of bed bugs, health, misinformation, monmouth county health department, new jersey, new york, new zealand, public health, red bank, seniors, sidney b. johnson, spread, trendy, tropicana, wesleyan arms
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Wesleyan Arms, a 60-unit senior apartment complex in Red Bank, NJ, has bed bugs. Monmouth County Health Officer Sidney B. Johnson said “bedbugs are not a health issue because they do not transmit disease but that the insects do qualify as pests.”
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People are complaining about all kinds of alleged problems at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. Among them? Three hotel guests who filed complaints “were irate because their rooms were infested with bedbugs.”
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Look at the title. Look at the photo. Look at the title. Look at the photo. Say it with me, now: bed bugs. Are. Not. Dust. Mites. Come on Aotearoa / New Zealand! Everyone has dust mites, but bed bugs are another matter.
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Bed bugs are “not necessarily a widespread problem, just an increasing trend,” Diane O’Hora, supervising public health educator for Broome County, NY. A trend, like hobo bags, and that racoon eyeliner business, and palazzo pants. Yay! We’re trendy!
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parakeets | Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
As for the Redbank Senior residence…
Here’s a great twist I never heard before:
“The resident said an exterminator came to the building, *******gave a presentation on the insects (!!!)****** and sprayed the building.”
(Asterisks and exclamation points mine).
I am thrilled to see this crucial step of disclosure and education. It was only last year when a senior residence in my town was treated for bedbugs and the residents were simply told that the treatment was for “a new kind of roach.” Things are changing.
As for the casino…
I can’t believe they put the story of three guests finding bedbugs in their room in with a list of complaints such as “A hotel guest said there was no mouthwash or shampoo in his room, which had not been vacuumed…” Duh, quite a difference. I’d take a shampoo bottle full of bedbugs, tightly closed of course, before I’d want one live bedbug in the room. I wonder if there was some bedbug terrorist activity by those who were anti-hotel? They could have gotten the idea from a certain very popular George Clooney film this past summer.