Category: government response to bed bugs
By nobugsonme on Jan 22, 2008 in Dale Mallory, Hamilton County, O'dell Owens, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, cincinnati, coroner, government meetings, government response to bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, indiana, kentucky, ohio, public health | 2 Comments
The Kentucky Post and WCPO (ABC9 in Cincinnati) reported that there was an “Emergency Meeting” held behind closed doors last Friday to discuss the bed bug problem in the tri-state area of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. (Indiana was not mentioned by name in any of the articles, but we can assume it’s the third […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 30, 2007 in 311, Lexington, activism, bed bug spread, bed bugs, bed bugs in apartments, bed bugs in colleges, bed bugs in schools, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, california, cincinnati, department of health, government response to bed bugs, how to eliminate bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, kentucky, low-income housing, marymount manhattan college, mayor bloomberg, new york city, new york city department of education, new york daily news, nyc, nyc dohmh, nyc housing and preservation department, nycdoe, ohio, public housing, san francisco, tenants and landlords | 15 Comments
The lead story in the “News” section of today’s New York Daily News is on bed bugs. That’s good: it’s always good to see bed bugs in the news.
It’s not a particularly helpful story, however.
For starters, there are inaccuracies. Let’s start with this caption below a photo of an adult bed bug:
Unfed […]
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 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 6, 2007 in All-Rite, Caveat dumpster, Fayette County, KY, Lexington, Lexington-Fayette County, Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, Westminster Village, bed bug garbage, bed bug refugees, bed bug refuse, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, get rid of bed bugs, government, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, hotline, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, kentucky, multi-unit buildings, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, tenants, treatment, usa | 1 Comment
This video footage and printed excerpt from WTVQ channel 36 in Lexington, Kentucky, focuses on the story of Sakiesha Demus, a resident of the Westminster Village apartments who has bed bugs, and wants to move to another unit. Her apartment was treated by All-Rite Pest Control, who recommended that she stay put after […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 5, 2007 in Chris Eddy, Chris Monzel, Cincinnati City Council, Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati town hall meeting, Cincinnati town meeting about bed bugs, Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency, Council On Aging for Southwestern Ohio, Hamilton County Public Health, Mohammad Alam, Susan C. Jones, activism, bed bugs, bedbugs, cincinnati, government response to bed bugs, health, health department | 6 Comments
… you might want to go to this meeting tonight (11/5).
Peggy O’Farrell reports for the Cincinnati Enquirer vis Cincinnati.com:
Learn more about how officials are responding to bedbug infestations in Cincinnati at a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency, 1740 Langdon Farm Road, Bond Hill.
State Rep. Dale Mallory […]
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