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 Oct 24, 2007 in CWT, Cadwalader, Taft, Wickersham, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bed bugs at work, bedbugs, big business, blame game, employee, law, new york, news, nyc, usa, workplace | 3 Comments
Back in June we blogged the story of alleged bed bugs on the 33rd floor of the oldest Wall Street law firm (c. 1792), Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft. The memo implies the infestation was blamed on an employee, who was then apparently let go.
Having heard nothing since then, I was glad to see that […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 25, 2007 in bed bug bites, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, employee, hampton roads, hotels, how to get rid of bed bugs, motels, treatment in hotels, usa, virginia, workplace | 2 Comments
Lindsay Roberts reports for WVEC.com that bed bugs are flourishing in Virginia hotels in areas such as Newport News, Hampton Roads, and Virginia Beach.
One woman is interviewed who used to work as a motel housekeeper; she started getting bitten at work, and she quit her job because of it.
“If I’m getting bit up like this, […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 27, 2007 in CWT, Cadwalader, Taft, Tipping Point, Wickersham, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, employee, lawsuits, legal, multi-unit buildings, new york, nyc, rumors, signs and symptoms, treatment, workplace | 19 Comments
Legal blog Above the Law has reproduced a memo from the Chairman of a well-known law firm announcing to employees that there is a bed bug problem on the 33rd floor in the Word Processing dept. of that firm. (MediaBistro’s FlishBowlNY blog is also covering this, so the leaked memo is getting around.)
In it, […]
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