Category: avoid bed bugs
By nobugsonme on Apr 2, 2008 in avoid bed bugs, bed bug transmission, bed bugs, bedbugs, montreal, new york, pillow fight, pillows, san francisco, toronto, vancouver | 1 Comment
Pillow Fight New York City 2008
Photo uploaded to flickr.com by urbanblitz
In the age of bed bugs, it does not seem that wise for people around the world, in cities like Vancover and New York (pictured here) to have large group pillow fights.
Dave, a participant, is one who realized this after the fact. […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 29, 2008 in avoid bed bugs, bed bug bites, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bedbugs, deseret morning news, fairhaven, get rid of bed bugs, hotels and bed bugs, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, misinformation, salt lake city, saskatchewan, saskatoon, star phoenix, utah, vacuuming | 0 Comments
Today, bed bug news from Saskatoon and Salt Lake City.
First, an entire apartment building is being treated for bed bugs in the Fairhaven area of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan after “a couple isolated incidents” of bed bugs. This appears to be a fairly proactive move, if it is true that the incidents were isolated and few […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 11, 2008 in Cain Pest Control, DDT and bed bugs, Orkin, Poulin's Pest Control, avoid bed bugs, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, canada, dr. michael potter, entomologists, get rid of bed bugs, hotels and bed bugs, john intini, maclean's, media, news, no silver bullet, pest control, purity pest control | 4 Comments
Canadian news weekly Maclean’s has a story on bed bugs dated January 3, 2008 by John Intini.
The article conveys the scope of the problem and the speed at which it seems to be spreading:
To get a full sense of the bedbug boom, ask any pest control expert. [Carlo] Panacci, for one, used to have a […]
By Nobugsonme on Dec 12, 2007 in Brunswick, Jekyll Island, Sea Island, St. Simons Island, WLWT, apartmentratings.com, apartments, avoid bed bugs, bed bug registry, bed bug video, bed bugs, bed bugs in apartments, bed bugs in multi-unit dwellings, bedbugs, channel5, cincinnati, georgia, get rid of bed bugs, golden isles, infestation, landlords, media, news, ohio, real estate, real estate broker, spread, tenant.net, tenants, who pays for bed bug treatment, youtuube | 2 Comments
Apartmentratings.com is a way to check what other tenants are saying about your building. It is not widely used, but like anything else, can be another tool, along with the bedbugregistry.com. Don’t forget to leave your review and warn others. There are 623 posts today featuring “bed bugs.” Don’t forget to search […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 5, 2007 in avoid bed bugs, bed bugs, bedbugs, clothing, cold, cruises, exposure, freezing, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, hostels, hotels, luggage, prevention, thermal, tips, tools and weapons, trains, transportation, travel, treatment | 1 Comment
First, don’t panic. What you do after discovering you and your luggage may have been exposed to bed bugs can make a big difference as to whether you take them home. It’s worth proceeding carefully and cautiously since avoiding an infestation can save you thousands of dollars and months of trouble and discomfort.
First, […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 22, 2007 in avoid bed bugs, bad ideas, bed bugs, being green, colleges, consumer, dumpster diving, freegans, furnishing bedbug-free homes, new york | 12 Comments
The New York Times is fickle. In the last year, they’ve scared the pants off of New Yorkers by publishing scary articles about how bed bugs were spreading around the city and what you need to do if you find them.
So imagine my surprise to find that yesterday, Steven Kuritz published an article in […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 26, 2007 in avoid bed bugs, bed bugs, bedbugs, consumer, government, how to avoid bed bugs, legal, mattresses, news, north carolina, rage, used mattresses | 7 Comments
A lot of the bed bug stories we see from around North America and the UK are the same old stuff: from the local subject, surprised to find he had bed bugs, to the “Be careful while you travel” box of tips, to the “Don’t let the bed bugs bite,” closing, it can be a […]
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