Comments on: Why are people with bed bugs being told to throw out all their furniture? http://bedbugger.com/2008/09/21/why-are-people-with-bed-bugs-being-told-to-throw-out-all-their-furniture/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:14:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: nobugs http://bedbugger.com/2008/09/21/why-are-people-with-bed-bugs-being-told-to-throw-out-all-their-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-17449 nobugs Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:26:51 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1155#comment-17449 Hi David, I appreciate your sharing those photos and I do not disagree that there are situations where items must be discarded. However, I don't think it's fair to accuse us of "pointing the finger of blame." I was referring specifically above to a statement made by WKRN: <blockquote>The first step in treating bed bugs is to throw out all furniture where the pest can hide.</blockquote> Do you agree this is an accurate statement about bed bug treatment, in general? Because that is how it is presented. It does not say "thoroughly infested furniture" or "furniture harboring lots of bed bugs." It says furniture where the pest "can hide." It implies that readers with bed bugs will have to throw out all their furniture as well, and I can tell you that lots of people start to do this before they even see a pest control operator and get their situation assessed. There's a big difference between carefully disposing of items which must be disposted of, on the advice of a PCO, vs. throwing out everything bed bugs might hide in. I think the media needs to be careful about how it describes the solutions for bed bug problems, and the statement I quoted is an example. Hi David,

I appreciate your sharing those photos and I do not disagree that there are situations where items must be discarded.

However, I don’t think it’s fair to accuse us of “pointing the finger of blame.” I was referring specifically above to a statement made by WKRN:

The first step in treating bed bugs is to throw out all furniture where the pest can hide.

Do you agree this is an accurate statement about bed bug treatment, in general? Because that is how it is presented.

It does not say “thoroughly infested furniture” or “furniture harboring lots of bed bugs.” It says furniture where the pest “can hide.”

It implies that readers with bed bugs will have to throw out all their furniture as well, and I can tell you that lots of people start to do this before they even see a pest control operator and get their situation assessed.

There’s a big difference between carefully disposing of items which must be disposted of, on the advice of a PCO, vs. throwing out everything bed bugs might hide in. I think the media needs to be careful about how it describes the solutions for bed bug problems, and the statement I quoted is an example.

]]> By: David James http://bedbugger.com/2008/09/21/why-are-people-with-bed-bugs-being-told-to-throw-out-all-their-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-17443 David James Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:21:52 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1155#comment-17443 This is a couch is from the above mentioned site. And MDHA is working to solve this problem. Training, private contractors, and consultants are at work. But budbugger.com would not exist if there was an easy answer to bedbugs. It is easy to point fingers of blame, but bedbugs are the most difficult to control pest I have encountered in 30 years of pest control work. This is a couch is from the above mentioned site. And MDHA is working to solve this problem. Training, private contractors, and consultants are at work. But budbugger.com would not exist if there was an easy answer to bedbugs. It is easy to point fingers of blame, but bedbugs are the most difficult to control pest I have encountered in 30 years of pest control work.

]]> By: David James http://bedbugger.com/2008/09/21/why-are-people-with-bed-bugs-being-told-to-throw-out-all-their-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-17441 David James Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:11:40 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/?p=1155#comment-17441 Web site photo shows back side of a bed headboard in a Nashville TN. The mattress and boxsprings are encased. There is no safe method to treat this headboard that would not cost more than the headboard. Headboards and other items that are totally infested with bedbugs and their eggs do need to be discarded. Web site photo shows back side of a bed headboard in a Nashville TN. The mattress and boxsprings are encased. There is no safe method to treat this headboard that would not cost more than the headboard. Headboards and other items that are totally infested with bedbugs and their eggs do need to be discarded.

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