Category: good ideas
By nobugsonme on Feb 27, 2008 in Brown University, Providence Health Department, Samantha Marder, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, free pest control, good ideas, rhode island | 7 Comments
This article from the Brown Daily Herald at Brown University describes what some in Providence are doing about bed bugs. And what one student would like to do to help those suffering from bed bugs.
In the last few years, bed bugs have been making their way into Providence homes, with little official response. […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 13, 2007 in activism, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, bombs, craigslist, curbside, dr. louis sorkin, education, entomologists, furniture, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, government, government response to bed bugs, greenpoint, health, health department, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, media, multi-unit buildings, new york, new york magazine, news, nyc, pest control, prevention, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, secondhand, signs and symptoms, treatment, usa, used furniture | 6 Comments
New York Magazine has a new bed bug story dated November 12th (print edition of 11/19), by Melissa Kirsch.
It contains lots of solid advice about not picking up curbside furniture, being wary of Craigslist finds, and searching for fecal spots and blood stains. But it also contains some advice we don’t normally […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 12, 2007 in Cincinnati City Council, Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati town hall meeting, Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency, Council On Aging for Southwestern Ohio, Susan C. Jones, awareness, bad ideas, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, cincinnati, dealing with bed bugs, dr. susan jones, education, entomologists, good ideas, government, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, misinformation, ohio, professional advice, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, tips, treatment, usa | 0 Comments
It’s a week later, but I did want to comment on the media’s follow-up from last week’s Town Hall Meeting in Cincinnati, about the bed bug problem.
WCPO.com’s Lynn Groud reported on the event last Monday. Hundreds of bed bug sufferers turned out. One speaker said:
“For many older adults, they are a 24-hour a day […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 8, 2007 in Donna Freydkin, Greenpointers, USA Today, activism, awareness, bed bug bites, bed bug epidemic, bed bug garbage, bed bug hotels, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, dr. michael potter, dr. michael raupp, dr. stephen kells, dumpster diving, entomologists, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, greenpoint, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, new york, news, nyc, spread, stories, tossing stuff out, travel and bed bugs, treatment, usa | 12 Comments
There is so much bed bug news now, that blogging even half of the major articles that come across my web browser is too much. I offer a selection, as well as an interesting tidbit from a NYC blogger. More news forthcoming, including an update on Cincinnati, and some exciting developments in San […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 27, 2007 in Cadwalader, activism, allergies, apartments, awareness, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, big business, bloomberg, cambridge, colleges, condominiums, consumer, curbed, denial, detection, good ideas, gossip, harvard, health, hotels, ignorance, landlords, law, lawsuits, legal, massachusetts, mental health, multi-unit buildings, new york, nyc, public education, public health, real estate, rumors, spread, tenants, treatment, usa, we're doomed, workplace | 0 Comments
Curbed.com, the real estate blog, claims that 30 Lincoln Plaza, currently being redeveloped into pricey condominiums (Curbed mentions a price of $1,185,000 for 647 sq/ft one bedrooms), is infested with bed bugs:
UPPER WEST SIDE—It seems there is a little detail about the condo conversion at 30 Lincoln Plaza that may have been overlooked: “You failed […]
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 […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 2, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, clothing, consumer, curbside, furniture, furniture rental, good ideas, government, health, hospitals, information and help, ohio, public education, public health, spread, tips, tools and weapons, usa | 12 Comments
Local News 12 in Cincinnati had a new segment on bed bugs on Monday. That city has declared their bed bug epidemic to be a huge problem, and started throwing energy, time, and resources into solving it as best they can. They appear to fully understand what a difficult task that is. […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 8, 2007 in Tipping Point, bed bugs, bedbugs, cincinnati, good ideas, government, history, hope, landlords, new york, news, nyc, ohio, real estate, spread, stories, usa, videos of bed bugs | 17 Comments
Today, Cincinnati’s WKRC (local12.com) tells more local bed bug stories in an article and video.
“Bed bugs,” said Diann Waters, bed bugs in home. “All over my baby.”
Diann Waters may tell her son, “don’t let the bed bugs bite” before he goes to sleep, but it looks like they did anyways.
“He done scratched them and stuff. […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 7, 2007 in Tipping Point, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, cincinnati, curbside, dumpster diving, flea market, furniture, good ideas, government, health, history, hotels, housing laws, mattresses, motels, new york, nyc, ohio, prevention, public education, public health, secondhand, spread, stories, tenants, usa, used furniture | 3 Comments
We’ve been following the bed bug situation in Cincinnati for a while.
Yesterday, Joe Wessels of the Cincinnati Post reported that city officials were forming a commission to fight the problem:
The Bedbug Remediation Commission, a five-member panel of local health, social service and elected leaders, is in the process of forming and will try […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 11, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, big business, canada, consumer, footage of bedbugs feeding, good ideas, hotels, saskatechewan, treatment in hotels | 3 Comments
The Star-Phoenix reports today that one attender of a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan professional conference, held at the Hilton Garden Inn, claims to have found bed bugs, and bed bug feces in her hotel bed. Two others had serious bites. But nothing here is conclusive as far as the hotel is concerned.
A teacher (Sonya Johnstone) who […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 5, 2007 in avoid bed bugs, bed bugs, bedbugs, clothing, cold, cruises, exposure, freezing, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, hostels, hotels, luggage, prevention, thermal, tips, tools and weapons, trains, transportation, travel, treatment | 1 Comment
First, don’t panic. What you do after discovering you and your luggage may have been exposed to bed bugs can make a big difference as to whether you take them home. It’s worth proceeding carefully and cautiously since avoiding an infestation can save you thousands of dollars and months of trouble and discomfort.
First, […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 15, 2007 in ABCDC, Allston-Brighton, SROs, VANDU, activism, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, british columbia, canada, downtown eastside, furnishing bedbug-free homes, good ideas, government, hotels, low-income housing, massachusetts, mattresses, multi-unit buildings, public education, treatment, treatment in hotels, usa, vancouver | 8 Comments
Vancouver’s Radio CKNW (AM980) reports on their website Saturday:
Advocacy group fights bed bug outbreak
VANCOUVER - Community advocacy group the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users VANDU is trying to fight a massive outbreak of bedbugs in that city’s Downtown Eastside by gutting infested rooms.
The group’s Anne Livingston says residents have had six weeks notice to […]
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