Category: information and help
By nobugsonme on Oct 19, 2007 in activism, alberta, apartments, awareness, bed bug blame game, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, canada, detection, disabled, elderly, eviction, government, ignorance, information and help, landlords, legal, multi-unit buildings, new jersey, notification, prep, public education, social services, tenants, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 17 Comments
The Daily Record reports that a landlord is trying to evict George Veghte, a disabled man from Rutgers Village, a complex in Parsippany, NJ. He asked for help with his bed bugs. They told him to prep, but he could not follow all steps on his own.
His lease was terminated Sept. 27, about […]
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 Aug 4, 2007 in activism, apartments, bed bugs, bedbugs, connecticut, information and help, landlords, multi-unit buildings, public education, tenants, tools and weapons, townhouses, treatment, usa | 0 Comments
A story of bed bugs in New Britain, CT apartment complex, where building manager denies the problem, and Orkin insists only an entire-building fumigation (presumably with Vikane gas) will work.
Erica Shaw, Orkin customer service representative, said the problem should not be taken lightly.
“It’s a serious problem,” Shaw said. “They are not the easiest to get […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 13, 2007 in FAQs, bed bugs, bedbugs, information and help, meta | 1 Comment
Good news.
If you’ve looked at the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) page recently, you probably had to strain your eyes to find what you were looking for. It was a bit of a mess. I am proud to say we now have way too many FAQs for one page, and have for some time. […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 6, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, information and help, tales of bed bug woe | 34 Comments
Remember when you were little and the lights went out and your parents got out the candles and flashlights and you pretended you were camping in your living room? A bit of that spirit of “roughing it” is called for right now; as per my last post below, the forums are temporarily down due […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 25, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, information and help, multi-unit buildings, photos, photos of bed bugs, reader questions, signs and symptoms, spread, tenants, treatment | 0 Comments
A reader, “Waiting in Manhattan,” got in touch with me via email today. She found the insect below wandering around the living room in broad daylight, and she’s waiting to have it inspected by a pest control company tomorrow.
This is pretty clearly a photo of a bed bug.
My question is: […]
By parakeets on Jun 14, 2007 in ABCDC, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, boston, conferences, consumer, government, hotels, housing laws, information and help, landlords, lawsuits, legal, massachusetts, professional advice, public education, spread, tools and weapons, travel, treatment | 17 Comments
I was able to go to the Second Greater Boston Bed Bug Conference yesterday, June 13, 2007. The sub-title was “Extermination and Legislation.” There were many people there, maybe 100 or more, from diverse areas such as government, public housing, inspection services, senior services, property managers and exterminators. They even had live […]
By nobugsonme on May 25, 2007 in australia, bed bugs, bedbugs, colleges, dorms, information and help, institutions, mattresses, michigan, news, stanford, steam, technological advances, tennessee, tips, tools and weapons, travel, treatment, treatment in institutions, treatment preparations | 5 Comments
Such an interesting assortment of bed bug news came through my inbox this evening.
First, WLNS of Lansing, Michigan warns that bed bugs are the pest of the 21st century, that they “wreak havoc on your skin and your life,” their incidence has increased 75% n five years (oh, I’d say much more than that), and […]
By nobugsonme on May 18, 2007 in backpacking, bed bugs, bedbugs, books, clothing, consumer, eggs, heat, ice, information and help, laundry, mattresses, multi-unit buildings, reader questions, research, technological advances, thermal, tools and weapons, treatment, treatment preparations | 54 Comments
Subtitle: killing the little b@#$%^&s
Laundry
This FAQ started out with the title: “Heat and bed bugs: 5 minutes in a dryer– really? Say it’s so!” The first part outlines my reaction to a brief article, and the second answers many of my questions with a more detailed article. I realize this is kind […]
By nobugsonme on May 16, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, information and help, multi-unit buildings, photos, public education, real estate, tenants, tips, tools and weapons, treatment | 22 Comments
It’s sad that people are so poorly informed about bed bugs. In a multi-unit dwelling, unless your neighbors know as much as you do about bed bugs, it is hard to eradicate them. I have often encouraged people to print up information for neighbors with warnings and information about bed bugs. I […]
By S on Apr 20, 2007 in "bites", bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, information and help, itchy? not itchy?, other causes of itching, phantom bites, photos, photos of bed bug bites, research, signs and symptoms | 76 Comments
Editor’s note from Nobugsonme: As promised, the much-anticipated third part of S’s and G’s Bitefest 2007. You can click on any of the photos to open the photo on flickr.com, then click “all sizes” to see it at its largest. If you missed part one, it’s here. Part two is here. […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 8, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, information and help, news | 31 Comments
Welcome Readers of the San Francisco Chronicle article! Please read our extensive FAQs, and if you have a question or comment, feel free to comment below.
I’d like to invite Bedbuggers to add a brief comment below: tell the world one thing you wish the world knew about bed bugs.
Here’s mine:
Everyone’s not […]
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