Comments on: Toronto Public Health now has a Bed Bug Action Committee. Action, people.

By: New York vs. Bed Bugs: NYC is the underdog!

New York vs. Bed Bugs: NYC is the underdog! — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:29:03 +0000

[...] Remember when I said that a number of New York bedbuggers were organizing a plan to call for local officials to take action on the bed bug situation in NYC? [...]

By: nobugsonme

nobugsonme — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:19:49 +0000

Yes– I look forward to reports tomorrow about how that went.

I agree completely with this sentiment:

Coun. Paula Fletcher, who sits on Toronto’s board of health, says the first step to controlling the problem is finding out just how big the problem is.

I hope NYC is paying attention to this coverage as we are. Here in New York, politicians are in denial of the true scope of the problem.

But obviously the following does not quite cover all situations:

“The problem becomes people that just don’t have the wherewithal to get at them and then they reoccur and perhaps spread through a building,” Fletcher said.

People who know they have bed bugs have this problem: treatment does not get them all and the spread or bounce back.

But a more complex problem is that many do not even know they have the problem until it is spreading all around them. Of course, this is too much to convey in a soundbite. Nevertheless, dealing with it isn’t only about public education (which will undoubtedly make a big difference).

By: hopelessnomo

hopelessnomo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:45:50 +0000

Toronto Public Health’s first bed bug conference is tomorrow.

Go Toronto! (But next time, make sure you invite tenant representatives.)

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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:49:42 +0000

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