By nobugsonme on Mar 17, 2008 in PCOs, bed bug treatment, britain, council, england, get rid of bed bugs, hampshire, southampton, treatment, uk | 0 Comments
The website This is Hampshire! reports that council (local government) extermination rates are going up, in Southampton at least. Now it costs more to get rid of bed bugs in Southampton.
CHARGES to get rid of bed bugs and vermin are to rocket as part of a hike of council fees and charges in Southampton.
Residents […]
By hopelessnomo on Jan 9, 2008 in 1980s, Fiona King, Institute of Environmental Health Officers, bed bug epidemic, bed bug history, bed bugs, bed bugs in the UK, bedbugs, britain, clive boase, dr. j. k. anand, dr. janice bates, dr. john paul, environmental health, health, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, new scientist, public health, resurgence, robert usinger, spread, uk, united kingdom, why did bed bugs come back | 9 Comments
The bedbug resurgence in the developed world. We know the story, don’t we?
Virtually eradicated. DDT. International travel. Baseboards. Yadda, yadda.
No. Not at all. Not yadda yadda.
Let’s consider the bedbug resurgence in one developed country.
In October of 1999 the BBC reported the “return of the bed bug” […]