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NY Daily News: bed bug epidemic attacks New York City »

By nobugsonme on Dec 30, 2007 in 311, Lexington, activism, bed bug spread, bed bugs, bed bugs in apartments, bed bugs in colleges, bed bugs in schools, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, california, cincinnati, department of health, government response to bed bugs, how to eliminate bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, kentucky, low-income housing, marymount manhattan college, mayor bloomberg, new york city, new york city department of education, new york daily news, nyc, nyc dohmh, nyc housing and preservation department, nycdoe, ohio, public housing, san francisco, tenants and landlords | 15 Comments

The lead story in the “News” section of today’s New York Daily News is on bed bugs. That’s good: it’s always good to see bed bugs in the news.
It’s not a particularly helpful story, however.
For starters, there are inaccuracies. Let’s start with this caption below a photo of an adult bed bug:
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NYC DOE now provides information on their website about bed bug policy in schools »

By nobugsonme on Aug 2, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, government, new york, nyc, nycdoe, public education, schools, treatment, treatment in institutions, usa | 2 Comments

No huge changes here, but I thought you’d be interested to see the “Bed Bug Kits” the NYC Department of Education is providing to school employees. Remember, teachers need to hunt down a bed bug in their classroom, have it mailed off for identification, and then action will be taken.
This is the information on […]