By nobugsonme on Nov 16, 2007 in Scotsman, awareness, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, edinburgh, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, scotland, signs and symptoms of bed bugs, spread, spread of bed bugs, uk | 0 Comments
From Musselburgh to Murrayfield, Leith to Morningside, Edinbugh is bed-bugging, accoding to this new article from the Scotsman.
The article is a pretty standard “bed bugs are spreading in our area” story. However, the section entitled “The Facts” gives a hint of how far the news media has come as far as understanding bed bugs. […]
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 Oct 5, 2007 in Press, bed bugs, bedbugs, england, maps, new statesman, news, northern ireland, scotland, spread, uk, wales | 0 Comments
Have you had bed bugs? If so, drop a comment on this New Statesman article (scroll down). They want to know if bed bugs actually exist over there. (Yanks, please do not comment! They know we have bed bugs.)
Advice from private pest control experts, freely offered on the […]
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 8, 2007 in Times, bed bugs, bedbugs, england, london, news, northern ireland, scotland, spread, uk | 3 Comments
Last week or so, I was complaining when the Times (UK, not New York) ran a story about how bed bugs are taking over Los Angeles. As if they were not also taking over the UK.
This week, they’ve gone a step further, with Michele Kirsch’s three-page story on how Britain is “Infested” (not just […]
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