Category: secondhand
By nobugsonme on Nov 13, 2007 in activism, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, bombs, craigslist, curbside, dr. louis sorkin, education, entomologists, furniture, get rid of bed bugs, good ideas, government, government response to bed bugs, greenpoint, health, health department, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, media, multi-unit buildings, new york, new york magazine, news, nyc, pest control, prevention, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, secondhand, signs and symptoms, treatment, usa, used furniture | 6 Comments
New York Magazine has a new bed bug story dated November 12th (print edition of 11/19), by Melissa Kirsch.
It contains lots of solid advice about not picking up curbside furniture, being wary of Craigslist finds, and searching for fecal spots and blood stains. But it also contains some advice we don’t normally […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 6, 2007 in Caveat Craigslist, Caveat dumpster, Freecycle, Green, Grist.org, Meredith Viera, Today Show, bed bug epidemic, bed bug garbage, bed bug refuse, bed bugs, bedbugs, consumer, consumer warning, craigslist, curbside, furnishing bedbug-free homes, mattresses, new york, nyc, secondhand, spread, tossing stuff out, tossing things out, used furniture | 8 Comments
On the Today show this morning, Katie Couric Meredith Viera said, “You can’t live in New York without finding old mattresses and TVs along the curbside because people don’t know what else to do with them. But there is someone who will take them.”
Her interviewee, Chip Giller of Grist.org, suggested going to Craigslist or […]
By nobugsonme on Sep 7, 2007 in Tipping Point, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, cincinnati, curbside, dumpster diving, flea market, furniture, good ideas, government, health, history, hotels, housing laws, mattresses, motels, new york, nyc, ohio, prevention, public education, public health, secondhand, spread, stories, tenants, usa, used furniture | 3 Comments
We’ve been following the bed bug situation in Cincinnati for a while.
Yesterday, Joe Wessels of the Cincinnati Post reported that city officials were forming a commission to fight the problem:
The Bedbug Remediation Commission, a five-member panel of local health, social service and elected leaders, is in the process of forming and will try […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 31, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, curbside, greenpoint, new york, nyc, secondhand, sofas, usa | 1 Comment
That’s the plea on a discarded sofa, the photo of which is posted on the wonderfully-named Greenpoint blog, newyorkshitty.com.
What the authors of the sign do not know is, just because they do not feel any bites, doesn’t mean you won’t. Many people don’t react to bed bug bites.
Caveat curb-shopper!
By nobugsonme on Jul 13, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, flea market, fun, furniture, secondhand, used furniture | 2 Comments
We’ve talked in the past about the continued use of bed bugs in children’s television, videos and toys, and store names–all places where people would never want to conjure up images and sensations associated with real bed bugs. It’s a sign, of course, that everyone doesn’t yet get how nasty they are, yet.
Here’s […]
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