By nobugsonme on Apr 10, 2008 in Adriano Espaillat, Andrew Lanza, Ann Margaret Carrozza, Audrey I. Pheffer, Bob Reilly, Carl Marcellino, Catherine Nolan, Charles J. Fuschillo, D. Gordon, Darryl C. Towns, Elizabeth Little, Ellen Young, Eric T. Schneiderman, Harvey Weisenberg, James F. Brennan, James Seward, John Sabini, Joseph Robach, José Serrano, Jr., Kenneth P. LaValle, Luis M. Diaz, Margaret M. Markey, Martin Dilan, Martin Golden, Michael N. Gianaris, NY, Peter J. Abbate, Richard N. Gottfried, Rory I. Lancman, Ruben Diaz, Shirley L. Huntley, Stephen M. Saland, Suzi Oppenheimer, Thomas Morahan, Toby Ann Stavisky, Velmanette Montgomery, activism, bed bug legislation, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs in schools, bedbugs, new york, new york city, new york state, new york state assembly, new york state senate, politics, senate | 1 Comment
Remember the bill introduced by Michael Gianaris and passed in the NYS Assembly last May? We were happy the Assembly passed it.
But Bill A6667a later died in the NYS Senate in January of this year.
The good news is that the bill has now been amended and approved by the Assembly once again as A6667b. […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 30, 2007 in 311, Lexington, activism, bed bug spread, bed bugs, bed bugs in apartments, bed bugs in colleges, bed bugs in schools, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, california, cincinnati, department of health, government response to bed bugs, how to eliminate bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, kentucky, low-income housing, marymount manhattan college, mayor bloomberg, new york city, new york city department of education, new york daily news, nyc, nyc dohmh, nyc housing and preservation department, nycdoe, ohio, public housing, san francisco, tenants and landlords | 15 Comments
The lead story in the “News” section of today’s New York Daily News is on bed bugs. That’s good: it’s always good to see bed bugs in the news.
It’s not a particularly helpful story, however.
For starters, there are inaccuracies. Let’s start with this caption below a photo of an adult bed bug:
Unfed […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 3, 2007 in bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bed bugs in schools, bedbugs, best practices, blame game, bracken county, children and bed bugs, detection, diagnosis, doe, employee, government, health, health department, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, ignorance, maryland, misinformation, new york, pest control, pest control in schools, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, scapegoating, schools, signs and symptoms, students, tools and weapons, treatment, treatment in institutions, treatment in schools, usa, warning, workplace | 1 Comment
More information about the Bracken County Schools bed bug situation. A new article from WCPO.com news says T&M Pest Control is treating Bracken County schools for bed bugs this weekend.
Terry says, “A pest control program for bed bugs is very detailed. You’ve got to get all the crevices. We are doing a little more […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 2, 2007 in KY, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs in schools, bedbugs, bracken county, education, kentucky, news, pest control in schools, preventive treatment, schools, signs and symptoms, treatment, treatment in institutions, treatment in schools, usa, workplace | 6 Comments
The Bracken County, Kentucky, school system’s response was to shut down all schools for one day for precautionary treatment, after a bed bug was found in a classroom, Lex18 news reported yesterday.
Bracken County schools will be closed Friday after a middle school student was found to have an infestation of bed bugs, and one of […]
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