Category: health
By nobugsonme on Feb 19, 2008 in DE, bed bug success stories, bed bugs, bedbugs, collette, diatomaceous earth, drione, eliminate bed bugs, health, how to get rid of bed bugs, kill bed bugs, pesticides, sofas, steam, success stories, walls | 13 Comments
We have long had a success stories page. And though readers often forget to write and tell us of their success, when they do, I’ve been pasting the stories in there.
Some, however, are longer and more detailed than can fit into the page. So I have decided, from here on in, to give […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 15, 2008 in Joe Fiorito, Reg Ayre, The Star, Toronto Public Health, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs in toronto, bedbugs, health, how to get rid of bed bugs, ontario, public health, toronto | 0 Comments
In some cities, the housing department inspects for bed bugs. In others, it’s public health. Toronto Public Health apparently has jurisdiction over inspections for bed bugs in the city.
Joe Fiorito of Toronto’s The Star spoke with Reg Ayre of Toronto Public Health about why that body can’t legally class bed bugs as […]
By hopelessnomo on Jan 9, 2008 in 1980s, Fiona King, Institute of Environmental Health Officers, bed bug epidemic, bed bug history, bed bugs, bed bugs in the UK, bedbugs, britain, clive boase, dr. j. k. anand, dr. janice bates, dr. john paul, environmental health, health, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, new scientist, public health, resurgence, robert usinger, spread, uk, united kingdom, why did bed bugs come back | 9 Comments
The bedbug resurgence in the developed world. We know the story, don’t we?
Virtually eradicated. DDT. International travel. Baseboards. Yadda, yadda.
No. Not at all. Not yadda yadda.
Let’s consider the bedbug resurgence in one developed country.
In October of 1999 the BBC reported the “return of the bed bug” […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 6, 2008 in 2010 Winter Olympics, Bloor Street, Paula Fletcher, The Star, Toronto City Council, bed bug dog, bed bug protocol, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs and public health, bedbugs, boston, canada, cincinnati, downtown eastside, get rid of bed bugs, getting rid of bed bugs, health, health department, laundry, london, new york city, notifying tenants, nyc, ontario, politicians, purity pest control, san francisco, south of bloor, toronto, vancouver | 0 Comments
Jennifer Brown of The Star reports that Toronto politician Paula Fletcher is agitated about bed bugs–and trying to do something about them.
She wants the health department to investigate whether they’re a health hazard:
Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth) has received so many calls from constituents she’s asked the health department to declare them a […]
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 22, 2007 in Lexington, bed bug prevention, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bedbugs, health, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, kentucky, news, public health | 2 Comments
Just as the Lexington-Fayette Health Department did, the State of Kentucky invites residents with bed bugs to call their Public Health Department, according to this article in the Central Kentucky News-Journal online.
Public Health Commissioner William Hacker, M.D., recommends that people who think they may have a problem with bed bugs seek advice from their local […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 16, 2007 in Chagas' disease, Q fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anthrax, bed bugs, bedbugs, boutonneuse fever, brown county, brucellosis, encephalomyelitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic jaundice (Brazzaville), epidemic typhus, exanthematous typhus, health, health department, health risks, hotel bed bugs, hotels, infectious disease, influenza, leprosy, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, macthrift motor inn, malaria, mansonelliasis, motels, oceanfront, ohio, onchocerciasis, oriental sore, paratyphoid fever, plague, pneumococcal pneumonia, poliomyelitis, public health, relapsing fever, sleeping sickness, smallpox, spread, staphylococcal septicemia, time, travel, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid fever, usa, virginia, virginia beach, virginia beach health department, yellow fever | 0 Comments
WAVY TV 10 - Bed bugs invade another oceanfront motel (in Virginia Beach, VA)
“Bed bugs invade another oceanfront motel. This time the health department forced the MacThrift Motor Inn on 22nd street to close off some of its rooms because of the pesky little critters.” Five rooms, to be exact.
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By Nobugsonme on Nov 15, 2007 in East Toronto, Paula Fletcher, Toronto City Council, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, canada, dust mite photo, dust mites, government, health, misinformation, ontario, public health, toronto, torontoist | 6 Comments
Torontoist: BEDBUG EPIDEMIC! Not To Be Alarmist Or Anything.
Torontoist includes a picture of a dust mite in their article about Paula Fletcher’s move to have bed bugs declared a “health hazard” in Toronto (item viewed 11/15 at 11 am EST). This is precisely why we keep calling for a public education campaign.
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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 […]
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