By Nobugsonme on Nov 12, 2007 in Syracuse, Vera House, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, emergency shelter, evacuation, new york, safety, shelter, social services, usa | 0 Comments
Bedbugs force all out of Vera House (Syracuse, NY) -
“More than 20 women and children have been evacuated from the Vera House emergency shelter for 40 days after staff members discovered bedbugs at the facility.” It’s a safe house, so management are rushing to find a new location to secretly house 20 women.
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By nobugsonme on Nov 6, 2007 in All-Rite, Caveat dumpster, Fayette County, KY, Lexington, Lexington-Fayette County, Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, Westminster Village, bed bug garbage, bed bug refugees, bed bug refuse, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, get rid of bed bugs, government, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, hotline, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, kentucky, multi-unit buildings, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, tenants, treatment, usa | 1 Comment
This video footage and printed excerpt from WTVQ channel 36 in Lexington, Kentucky, focuses on the story of Sakiesha Demus, a resident of the Westminster Village apartments who has bed bugs, and wants to move to another unit. Her apartment was treated by All-Rite Pest Control, who recommended that she stay put after […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 19, 2007 in activism, alberta, apartments, awareness, bed bug blame game, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, canada, detection, disabled, elderly, eviction, government, ignorance, information and help, landlords, legal, multi-unit buildings, new jersey, notification, prep, public education, social services, tenants, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 17 Comments
The Daily Record reports that a landlord is trying to evict George Veghte, a disabled man from Rutgers Village, a complex in Parsippany, NJ. He asked for help with his bed bugs. They told him to prep, but he could not follow all steps on his own.
His lease was terminated Sept. 27, about […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 23, 2007 in Waterbury Health Department, activism, apartments, bad ideas, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, connecticut, health, houses, ignorance, journalist, kill them now, landlords, loopy ideas, low-income housing, misinformation, multi-unit buildings, news, public health, spread, treatment, usa, waterbury | 8 Comments
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Waterbury, Connecticut has had a recent bed bug outbreak in a number of locations. Last week, we were told in the Republican-American online of these locations with bed bug infestations, which had been reported to the Health Dept.:
553 South Main St. (two […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 20, 2007 in bed bug bites, bed bug blame game, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, blame game, connecticut, detection, furniture, hotels, mattresses, misdiagnoses, multi-unit buildings, nevada, new haven, news, public education, spread, tenants, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 2 Comments
In Reno, they have so few bed bug cases, that the health department called three residents of an apartment complex to tell them their building is infested. (New Yorkers, are you laughing?!)
Unfortunately, as Geralda Miller of the Reno Gazette Journal reports, the advice being given to tenants is not great:
“They’re an indoor critter,” [Jeff […]
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