Category: journalist
By nobugsonme on Nov 21, 2007 in bed bug lawsuit, bed bug precautions, bed bug travel, bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. lou sorkin, dust mites, entomologists, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, how to avoid bed bugs, journalist, journalists, journalists with bed bugs, law, lawyer, legal, ny1, steven de castro, travel, valerie d'elia | 2 Comments
After traveling to 71 countries and staying in hundreds of hotels, NY1 journalist Valerie D’Elia encountered bed bugs in a hotel. Luckily, she did not appear to take them home with her.
Here she tells the story, and asks a few questions of attorney Steven De Castro (who’s been involved with bed bug lawsuits) and […]
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.
(tags: bedbugs kentucky lexington KY […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 8, 2007 in Huffington Post, barrie, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bed bugs and the elderly, canada, elderly, get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, new york, news, nyc, ontario, spread, treatment, usa | 6 Comments
Note to readers: I am experimenting with posting some brief bed bug news links–with shorter commentary from me. I will still be doing more in-depth analyses (as often as before), but since the volume of stories is increasing, in this way, I can share more of the news with you, more promptly. Let me […]
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 9, 2007 in EMTS, Rentokil, bed bugs, bedbugs, cincinnati, curbside, england, firefighters, furniture, hospitals, journalist, laundry, london, mattresses, northern ireland, ohio, police, scotland, spread, tips, tossing stuff out, treatment, uk, usa, used furniture, wales, workplace | 1 Comment
Monday’s Daily Telegraph featured a long article on bed bugs in the UK. Overall it was a typical story of the spread of bed bugs in Britain, and coming as it does from a well-respected source, it is a good thing. I was, however, disappointed in some of the information provided.
First, the journalist […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 30, 2007 in David Cain, News of the World, Press, Rentokil, bed bugs, bedbugs, england, journalist, media, news, northern ireland, scotland, spread, uk, wales, we're doomed | 3 Comments
News of the World covered bed bugs this week. The article comes under the banner “New Bedbug Horror Facing England,” and below a photo of a Titanic-like bed bug floating through a sea of white carpeting fibers:
(Photo by News of the World)
It is entitled, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers!”
NOTW journalist Sophy Ridge […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 23, 2007 in Waterbury Health Department, activism, apartments, bad ideas, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, connecticut, health, houses, ignorance, journalist, kill them now, landlords, loopy ideas, low-income housing, misinformation, multi-unit buildings, news, public health, spread, treatment, usa, waterbury | 8 Comments
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Waterbury, Connecticut has had a recent bed bug outbreak in a number of locations. Last week, we were told in the Republican-American online of these locations with bed bug infestations, which had been reported to the Health Dept.:
553 South Main St. (two […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 30, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. michael potter, england, entomologists, ferries, government, history, immigration, journalist, lawsuits, legal, london, loopy ideas, luggage, misinformation, new york, news, northern ireland, public education, spread, travel, uk, usa | 1 Comment
I was perplexed by this article from August 20th in the Times (London, not New York) about the spread of bed bugs, mainly because it was only about the bed bug epidemic in the USA.
Times reporter Chris Ayres writes from Los Angeles,
Five decades after being declared officially dead, the most toe-curling of all America’s […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 14, 2007 in DIY pest control, apartmenttherapy, bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, celebrities, consumer, doing your own pest control, journalist, misinformation, multi-unit buildings, new york, nyc, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, spread, treatment, usa | 6 Comments
I love apartmenttherapy.com. I really do. But with all due respect, I think Maxwell is still misunderstanding some key points about bed bugs.
Two months ago, as you may recall, loyal Bedbugger S. wrote to Maxwell to correct some misinformation in the Apartment Therapy: The Eight Step Home Cure book, which suggested something to […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 14, 2007 in Charlotte, bad ideas, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, conspiracy theories, consumer, government, hotels, immigration, journalist, mattresses, misinformation, news, north carolina, rage, rumors, spread | 1 Comment
Okay, I think everyone here agrees that there were multiple causes for the rise of bed bugs after their 50-year disappearance in the US: the end of routine baseboard spraying which was done until the early 1990’s and fell out of favor with the invention of effective roach baits, the outlawing of DDT as […]
By nobugsonme on Jun 4, 2007 in bad ideas, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, immigration, journalist, misinformation, news | 38 Comments
Some people rush to find blame. Why did bed bugs come back? Why now? Let’s find a scapegoat!
It’s not much fun to tell the truth and say that we’re not exactly sure, but that the elimination of routine baseboard spraying in homes (as a roach and general insect preventative), the move to […]
By nobugsonme on May 12, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, british columbia, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, news, transportation, treatment, vancouver | 1 Comment
Remember Barry Link, the Vancouver Courier journalist who wrote about his bed bugs?
This week he published a follow-up, which focuses largely on the many ideas people suggest (besides PCOs) for fighting the bugs. Hmm, Barbra Streisand albums. Now there’s an idea we hadn’t heard before. Cats? Barry’s right–not only do they […]
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