By nobugsonme on May 23, 2008 in bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, eliminate bed bugs, mattress encasements, mattress recycling, mattresses, new york and bed bugs, new york city, nycha, public housing | 5 Comments
The Sweet Dreams Project seems like a nice idea: the Daily News reports that an Astoria businessman, Marcos Maldonado, is raising money to donate new mattresses to kids in Queens, to replace those “infected” with bed bugs:
A bedbug epidemic in her Astoria apartment building forced Ellie Maldonado, 42, to discard her mattress […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 20, 2008 in bed bugs, mattress encasements | 11 Comments
Rick Cooper recently made a presentation at the ESA (December 2007) based on tests he had done on six mattress encasements currently being sold and labeled to protect mattresses from bed bugs. This information is now available to us.
The encasements tested were: Bed Wetting Direct, Clean Rest, Mattress Safe, National Allergy Classic, National Allergy […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 3, 2008 in Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug dogs and hotels, bed bugs, bedbugs, boston, boston globe, detecting bed bugs, finding bed bugs, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, jury's hotel, massachusetts, mattress encasements, omni parker house, prevent bed bugs, travel | 3 Comments
The Boston Globe has a new article about bed bugs, mainly focusing on how ten or so hotels in Boston are employing a bed bug dog to do regular walkthroughs.
In the 3 1/2 years it’s been open, Jurys Boston Hotel has never found bedbugs on its premises, nor have its guests complained about being bitten. […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 17, 2007 in bed bug epidemic, bed bug odor, bed bug smell, bed bugs, bedbugs, colleges, cornell university, dorms, get rid of bed bugs, journal-sentinel, kill bed bugs, landlords, mattress encasements, milwaukee, misinformation, odor, residence halls, spread, students, tenants, universities, wisconsin | 0 Comments
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Online: Stealthy bedbugs pestering the weary
Bed bugs in Milwaukee, WI. Mattress covers don’t need to be “airtight” and the best ones do let air circulate. Most do not smell “a musty, sweet odor like soda”. One landlord is letting tenants out of leases and paying for one treatment in new […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 11, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, discounts!, mattress encasements, mattresses, national allergy, tools and weapons | 12 Comments
As many readers know, many of us use National Allergy mattress encasements on our mattresses (and box springs, if we have them), and I am one of those. After many Bedbuggers had been using and recommending the encasements on this site for a long time, National Allergy offered Bedbugger readers a discount on all […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 28, 2006 in Governor Carcieri, activism, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and homelessness, bedbugs, cranston, homelessness, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, mattress encasements, news, rage, rhode island, treatment, welcome arnold | 2 Comments
Public officials make so many mistakes when it comes to bedbugs, that Bedbugger almost can’t keep up.
Today, an article in the Rhode Island News provides just one example. A Cranston, RI shelter was so infested that 70 residents and housing advocates marched to the State House, seeking the Governor’s help. (You need a login, which […]