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Bed bugs in another women’s shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina »

A Charlotte, North Carolina shelter that houses women who have suffered domestic violence has evacuated residents for several weeks while bed bugs are removed, according to the Charlotte Observer:

The Charlotte-area United Family Services domestic violence shelter has evacuated its residents to “a safe place” in order to battle a recent infestation of bedbugs, said Libby […]

25 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado: bed bugs for two years »

This MyFox Colorado article claims that this beleaguered building in Denver at 25 Grant Street has had ongoing bed bug problems for two years.
Denver’s Environmental Health Department says they have had complaints about bugs there for more than two years.
The property is owned by Shockor Management and is telling tenants they will spray once again […]

Toronto Public Health now has a Bed Bug Action Committee. Action, people. »

Joe Fiorito has another bed bug story in the Toronto Star today. He starts by describing pictures a public health official shows him from infestations he has encountered:
Reg Ayre tapped his computer keyboard and up popped a photo of a polka dot pillow on a lonesome bed; not polka dots. “Those specks are blood,” […]

Toronto Board of Health gearing up to fight bed bugs »

A bit of background:
Toronto has had a serious bed bug problem for some time, just like New York, London, San Francisco, Vancouver–I could go on and on, but you get the idea.
The Toronto Star also has a journalist called Joe Fiorito who wrote extensively and repeatedly about how serious a problem bed bugs were, […]

Dayton and Middletown, Ohio: avoiding bed bugs is difficult »

According to the Dayton Daily News, you can get bed bugs from all kinds of sources: 4-star hotels, college dorms, from your neighbors via pipes running from apartment to apartment, and from used furniture. When you’re thinking about how to avoid bed bugs, you have to realize it’s not just about you: your neighbors […]

Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana hold tri-state “Emergency Meeting” about bed bugs »

The Kentucky Post and WCPO (ABC9 in Cincinnati) reported that there was an “Emergency Meeting” held behind closed doors last Friday to discuss the bed bug problem in the tri-state area of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. (Indiana was not mentioned by name in any of the articles, but we can assume it’s the third […]

Bed bugs on increase in Ripley County, Indiana »

The Batesville Herald Tribune in Indiana reports that even that locality’s health officials are discussing the increase in local bed bug cases:

Bed bug cases “are increasing somewhat throughout the county,” reported Wayne Peace, Emergency Management Agency director, at the Jan. 8 Ripley County Health Department meeting. “I don’t know why there is an increase.”
Public health […]

Reg Ayre of Toronto Public Health: bed bugs a “health concern,” not a “health hazard” »

In some cities, the housing department inspects for bed bugs. In others, it’s public health. Toronto Public Health apparently has jurisdiction over inspections for bed bugs in the city.
Joe Fiorito of Toronto’s The Star spoke with Reg Ayre of Toronto Public Health about why that body can’t legally class bed bugs as […]

Bed bugs: “No one knows the true extent of the problem.” »

The bedbug resurgence in the developed world. We know the story, don’t we?
Virtually eradicated. DDT. International travel. Baseboards. Yadda, yadda.
No. Not at all. Not yadda yadda.
Let’s consider the bedbug resurgence in one developed country.
In October of 1999 the BBC reported the “return of the bed bug” […]

Bed bugs! Quarantine! »

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Originally uploaded by ry_aka_olympia
ry_aka_Olympia is back with some social commentary. Since the health dept. in NYC (like most) is paying scant attention to bed bugs, Olympia provides a DIY quarantine poster:
Dept. of Public Health
Bed bugs!
Quarantine Area!
Do not Enter or Exit Any Buildings!
Nice work.

How bad are bed bugs in Toronto? Nobody knows for sure. »

We haven’t had any real data about how many people in Toronto are suffering from bed bugs since the 2003 survey of Toronto PCOs.
But this article in Friday’s Toronto Sun has some interesting statistics. On the one hand,
According to Reg Ayre, the city’s Healthy Environments manager, Toronto Public Health received 194 calls for […]

Bed bugs in homeless shelters, casinos, hotels, apartments: Waynesboro, Atlantic City, Greenpoint, Toronto »

Clip of the Day:
TheStar.com | Public Health must declare bedbug war
“The problem is spreading like flames all over town. Where are the people who will deal with this problem as if they were firefighters in front of a burning building?”

Bedbuggers, Are you all reading Joe Fiorito’s articles in the Star? You really […]