By nobugsonme on Apr 3, 2008 in activism, bed bug infested, bed bug treatment, bed bug-infested refuse, bed bugs, dedicated trash pickup, delivery trucks, furniture delivery, how to avoid bed bugs, mattress delivery, politics, tri-state, write a letter | 1 Comment
A reader in the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area wrote tonight to tell me this story.
The reader, who has suffered much from bed bugs and was discarding a cherished piece of wooden furniture only after a long fight with bed bugs and many treatments. It was wrapped in sealed plastic and labeled as being infested with […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 6, 2007 in Men's Health Magazine, avoiding bed bugs, bed bug hotels, bed bugs, bedbugs, big business, consumer, consumer warning, delivery trucks, detecting bed bugs, detection, gender, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, travel, travel and bed bugs | 0 Comments
Men’s Health magazine on bed bugs, this month: it’s just a brief snippet in an article of travel tips, but it hits home:
Some Souvenirs Have Legs
Hotels are a haven for bedbugs. Pest-control companies say hotels account for more than 37 percent of their bedbug business, according to Pest Control Technology magazine.
I don’t think I’ve […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 29, 2007 in Charlotte, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, consumer, delivery trucks, dr. michael waldvogel, entomologists, furniture, mattresses, north carolina, notification, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, tools and weapons, training, treatment, usa | 0 Comments
This article about bed bugs in North Carolina comes from South Carolina’s The State (republished from the Raleigh, NC News and Observer).
“There’s a lot of folks who don’t bother to call us. They’re embarrassed. The social connotation goes back to the early 1900s; they were associated with slummy places. And that’s not the case now,” […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 8, 2007 in Aaron Rents, atlanta, bed bugs, bedbugs, delivery trucks, furniture rental, georgia, kentucky, lawsuits, legal, usa | 5 Comments
D. L. Bennett of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today that a family in Atlanta is suing Aaron Rents, a furniture sales and rental firm, which operates 515 stores in 39 states, for $250,000 in damages. They claim that the living room suite they rented from Aaron Rents was infested with bed bugs.
Rebekah […]
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