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By nobugsonme on Mar 10, 2008 in Joe Fiorito, Paula Fletcher, Toronto Public Health, bed bug statistics, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, canada, disabled, dr. david mckeown, elderly, homeless, low-income, new york and bed bugs, nyc, ontario, public health, shelters, statistics on bed bugs, toronto, toronto board of health, toronto medical officer of health | 12 Comments
A bit of background:
Toronto has had a serious bed bug problem for some time, just like New York, London, San Francisco, Vancouver–I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
The Toronto Star also has a journalist called Joe Fiorito who wrote extensively and repeatedly about how serious a problem bed bugs were, […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 1, 2008 in Bowling Green, Kentucky Housing Corporation, bed bugs, bedbugs, disabled, disabled and bed bugs, elderly, elderly and bed bugs, kentucky, low-income housing, residents' association, tenant organizing | 1 Comment
Three weeks ago, building management of Bowling Green Towers — a low-income housing building in Bowling Green, Kentucky that houses elderly and disabled tenants whose rent is subsidized by the government (via HUD) — claimed the building had only “four” units infested with bed bugs. You can read an earlier story we did on […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 10, 2008 in affordable housing, bed bug spread, bed bug treatment, cincinnati, cincinnati department of public health, city policies, elderly, eliminate bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, joyce jones, laundry, low-income housing, northern kentucky, ohio, puclic health, senior apartments, seniors, smuel blackmon, stanley rowe | 2 Comments
Cincinnati held a meeting yesterday about bed bugs. Channel 9 (ABC) said yesterday:
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority will show the Health, Environment and Education Committee a presentation on the pests.
Officials said bed bugs are a big problem in the city’s public housing, which is overseen by the Housing Authority.
According to Channel 12, Cincinnati politicians […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 24, 2007 in affordable housing, assistance, bed bugs, bed bugs and money, bedbugs, california, charities, children, disabilities, elderly, finances, government, homelessness, illnesses, poverty, travelers beach inn, ventura county | 1 Comment
Catholic Charities is one group trying to help those displaced when the Traveler’s Beach Inn was shut down due to bed bugs and electrical problems, the Ventura County Star reported Saturday.
The week before Christmas and raining, to boot, some 14 families were tipped out of a Ventura inn because of electrical hazards and an infestation […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 12, 2007 in WLWT, bed bugs, bedbugs, channel 5, cincinnati, elderly, elderly housing, massive infestation, multi-unit, ohio, senior, stanley row, videos of bed bugs | 2 Comments
This video aired on WLWT Channel 5 in Cincinnati, back in October 2007. We covered the story when it ofirst appeared, but I don’t recall this video airing properly, and indeed, it still does not on the WLWT site. It’s worth seeing.
If your multi-unit building landlord, co-op association, condo board, YWCA manager, elderly […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 22, 2007 in NJ, NY, SUNY, atlantic city, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, binghamton university, broome county, casino, colleges, diane o'hora, dust mite photos, dust mites, education, elderly, get rid of bed bugs, health, misinformation, monmouth county health department, new jersey, new york, new zealand, public health, red bank, seniors, sidney b. johnson, spread, trendy, tropicana, wesleyan arms | 1 Comment
Uninvited roommates move in … and they bite
Wesleyan Arms, a 60-unit senior apartment complex in Red Bank, NJ, has bed bugs. Monmouth County Health Officer Sidney B. Johnson said “bedbugs are not a health issue because they do not transmit disease but that the insects do qualify as pests.”
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By nobugsonme on Nov 21, 2007 in SRO, bed bug cleaning, bed bug guidelines, bed bug preparation, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, california, california dept. of pubic health, disabled, dr. laura krueger, elderly, government, hotels, how to get rid of bed bugs, public education, public health, san francisco, san francisco dept. of public health | 6 Comments
Looks Like another bedbug clean up
Originally uploaded by Social Interloper
O’Farrell St., between Hyde and Leavonworth, San Francisco
Some exciting things are happening in California, and have been for some time. Since we’ve been giving a lot of love to Cincinnati lately, I wanted to […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 10, 2007 in Joe Fiorito, Lexington, The Star, bed bug epidemic, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and the elderly, bedbugs, best practices, canada, education, elderly, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, homelessness, housing laws, how to kill bed bugs, journalist, journalists, kentucky, low-income housing, multi-unit buildings, ontario, pest control, public education, public health, public housing, social services, spread, toronto, treatment, treatment in institutions, usa | 0 Comments
LEX18 - Lexington, KY: Health Department Encourages Learning About Bed Bugs
“The Kentucky Department for Public Health is encouraging people to learn more about bed bugs, the small, brownish insects that feed on the blood of animals.” Paradoxically, this article contains almost no content or explanation of how they’ll do that.
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By Nobugsonme on Nov 8, 2007 in Huffington Post, barrie, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bed bugs and the elderly, canada, elderly, get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, new york, news, nyc, ontario, spread, treatment, usa | 6 Comments
Note to readers: I am experimenting with posting some brief bed bug news links–with shorter commentary from me. I will still be doing more in-depth analyses (as often as before), but since the volume of stories is increasing, in this way, I can share more of the news with you, more promptly. Let me […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 27, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, cincinnati, consumer, elderly, government, low-income housing, multi-unit buildings, ohio, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, social services, spread, stories, tenants, treatment, usa | 2 Comments
We’ve been following the saga in Cincinnati, the first city in the USA to declare war on bed bugs.
This story from WLWT.com (channel 5) on Thursday indicates that the city is surprised by the persistence of bed bugs. It focuses on Cincinnati resident Samuel Blackmon.
On Friday, Blackmon showed off his apartment to some […]
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 Oct 5, 2007 in Halcyon House, SROs, affordable housing, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, big business, cincinnati, colorado, costs, curbside, doctors and nurses, elderly, furniture, good ideas, government, health, hospitals, hotels, ignorance, illinois, institutions, kill them now we're doomed, low-income housing, motels, multi-unit buildings, ohio, public education, public health, public housing, rage, schools, shelters, signs and symptoms, slumlords, social services, spread, tenants, tools and weapons, tossing stuff out, treatment, usa, washington, washington DC | 6 Comments
According to Channel 12 WKRC in Cincinnati (doesn’t Howard Hesseman work there?), residents at the Hillrise Apartment building, which is owned by Cincinnati Business & Professional Women’s Retirement Living Incorporated, are suffering from various issues including bed bugs.
Calvin Merritt’s problems at Hillrise Apartments are pretty simple.
“Mostly bugs, roaches and all that…”
The “all […]
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