By nobugsonme on Aug 14, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, conferences, dr. michael potter, entomologists, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, pesticides, spread | 19 Comments
PCTOnline has an interesting article on the bed bug seminar it held in NYC last week. We previously posted about Sarah Ferguson’s take. But this article gives you the PCO’s angle, and more detail. For example, the warning from Dr. Michael Potter resounds even louder (and scarier) with more detail:
“If there is […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 8, 2007 in bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, conferences, landlords, legal, new york, nyc, spread, tools and weapons, treatment, usa | 31 Comments
Yesterday, there was a Bed Bug Control Seminar, sponsored by Pest Control Technology magazine, and held in the Park Central Hotel, Manhattan.
Journalist Sarah Ferguson dropped me an email to let me know that her Village Voice article on the seminar was up, here.
As expected, the bed bug news is not good:
“We have to […]
By parakeets on Jun 14, 2007 in ABCDC, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, boston, conferences, consumer, government, hotels, housing laws, information and help, landlords, lawsuits, legal, massachusetts, professional advice, public education, spread, tools and weapons, travel, treatment | 17 Comments
I was able to go to the Second Greater Boston Bed Bug Conference yesterday, June 13, 2007. The sub-title was “Extermination and Legislation.” There were many people there, maybe 100 or more, from diverse areas such as government, public housing, inspection services, senior services, property managers and exterminators. They even had live […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 7, 2007 in ABCDC, Brooklyn, Queens, Tipping Point, bed bugs, bedbugs, bombs, boston, conferences, doing your own pest control, foggers, government, illinois, massachusetts, multi-unit buildings, new mexico, new york, news, social services, spread, tenants, usa, workplace | 4 Comments
A news round-up for today:
This article in the Quad-Cities Online reported yesterday on bed bug infestations in a public housing complex in East Moline, Illinois. The reporter quotes one resident who has been battling bed bugs since fall.
“I work too. My tax dollars are going to support places like this (government run low-income housing). […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 26, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, conferences, kentucky, landlords, lawsuits, legal, multi-unit buildings, ohio, real estate, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 9 Comments
We often hear from Bedbuggers in Cincinnati. Pest Control Technology Online reports of a recent bed bug conference in the region, called “Bed Bug University,” with 200 attendees (50 of them pest control professionals). The attendees were encouraged to hire PCOs to deal with infestations and inspections of other units.
Entomologists including Michael Potter […]
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