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How did bed bugs get here? Did they never leave? Recent research on genetics and inbreeding

by nobugsonme on December 16, 2011 · 1 comment

in bed bugs, bed bugs in the news, DNA, Dr. Changlu Wang, Dr. Coby Schal, Dr. Ed Vargo, Dr. Kenneth Haynes, Dr. Warren Booth, genetics, history, multi-unit buildings, research, spread of bed bugs, travel

History of bed bugs expanded upon in new article by Michael Potter

by nobugsonme on March 17, 2011 · 3 comments

in bed bugs, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, laundry, theaters

Bed bugs in the London Review of Books & Sunday Times Magazine

by nobugsonme on December 22, 2010

in bed bugs, bed bugs in the media, David Cain, dr. stephen kells, dr. susan jones, health, history, Jeff Eisenberg, london, Lou Sorkin, united kingdom

How to get rid of bed bugs (c. 1777): gunpowder and Guinea-pepper, anyone?

by nobugsonme on September 28, 2010

in bed bugs, history, old time remedies

Lou Sorkin in Gelf; how do you spell “bed bugs”?

by nobugsonme on May 18, 2010 · 4 comments

in bed bugs, bedbugs, events, history, louis sorkin, new york city, spelling

Protect your children! Creepy DDT-infused wallpaper circa 1947

by nobugsonme on January 25, 2010 · 3 comments

in bed bugs, children, DDT, fun, history

Maud Newton on John Cheever’s bed bugs

by nobugsonme on April 1, 2009

in bathtub, bed bugs, bed bugs in fiction, bedbugs, blogs, fun, history, John Cheever, new york city, nyc

Bed bug killer

by nobugsonme on March 26, 2009

in Bed Bug Killer, bed bugs, bedbugs, history

Bed bugs as big business: 1939 Post Office London Directory

by nobugsonme on January 9, 2009 · 8 comments

in 1939, 1939 Post Office London Directory, Bayswater, bed bugs, bedbugs, business, england, history, london, money, pest control, phone book, uk

On getting better pesticides for killing bed bugs (no, DDT is not one of them)

by nobugsonme on January 7, 2009 · 4 comments

in bed bug legislation, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, body lice, canada, carbamates, CEC, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, DDT, dr. michael potter, dusts, entomologists, environment, ficam, health, history, legislation, Local Law 37, mexico, new york, organophosphates, Pest Control Operators, pesticides, public health, pyrethroid resistance, pyrethroids, safety, steam, steaming, thermal, usa, vector-borne diseases, winston o'buggy

Highlands bed bug and (no) breakfast: not so romantic

by nobugsonme on September 18, 2008

in B&B, Bed and Breakfast, bed bugs, bedbugs, Highlands, history, hotels, Inverness, scotland, spread, travel, uk

Bed Bug History, DDT, and implications for the future

by nobugsonme on August 25, 2008 · 4 comments

in bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, DDT, DDT resistance, dr. michael potter, get rid of bed bugs, history, pyrethroid resistance, research

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