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By hopelessnomo on Jan 9, 2008 in 1980s, Fiona King, Institute of Environmental Health Officers, bed bug epidemic, bed bug history, bed bugs, bed bugs in the UK, bedbugs, britain, clive boase, dr. j. k. anand, dr. janice bates, dr. john paul, environmental health, health, history, how to get rid of bed bugs, new scientist, public health, resurgence, robert usinger, spread, uk, united kingdom, why did bed bugs come back | 9 Comments
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” […]
By Nobugsonme on Dec 23, 2007 in The Star, bed bugs spread, bedbugs, canada, david haynes, ontario, pests, spread, toronto | 0 Comments
The Star (Toronto): “Yule tales aside, mice are not nice.”
…although bedbugs may not be quite so widespread a problem in Toronto yet, they actually bite us and “when you have little children or babies with bedbugs on them, it’s just plain gross.”
David Hayes needs to read Star columnist Joe Fiorito more often. From his […]
By Nobugsonme on Dec 12, 2007 in Brunswick, Jekyll Island, Sea Island, St. Simons Island, WLWT, apartmentratings.com, apartments, avoid bed bugs, bed bug registry, bed bug video, bed bugs, bed bugs in apartments, bed bugs in multi-unit dwellings, bedbugs, channel5, cincinnati, georgia, get rid of bed bugs, golden isles, infestation, landlords, media, news, ohio, real estate, real estate broker, spread, tenant.net, tenants, who pays for bed bug treatment, youtuube | 2 Comments
Apartmentratings.com is a way to check what other tenants are saying about your building. It is not widely used, but like anything else, can be another tool, along with the bedbugregistry.com. Don’t forget to leave your review and warn others. There are 623 posts today featuring “bed bugs.” Don’t forget to search […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 23, 2007 in Brooklyn, Joe Fiorito, NJ, Toronto Community Housing, astral, atlantic city, bed bug news, bed bugs, bed bugs in casinos, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, canada, casino, greenpoint, homeless shelter, hotels, landlords, new hope shelter, new jersey, new york, nyc, ontario, pennsylvania, pistilli, public health, spread, spread of bed bugs, tenants, toronto, tropicana, usa, waynesboro | 0 Comments
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 […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 22, 2007 in NJ, NY, SUNY, atlantic city, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, binghamton university, broome county, casino, colleges, diane o'hora, dust mite photos, dust mites, education, elderly, get rid of bed bugs, health, misinformation, monmouth county health department, new jersey, new york, new zealand, public health, red bank, seniors, sidney b. johnson, spread, trendy, tropicana, wesleyan arms | 1 Comment
Uninvited roommates move in … and they bite
Wesleyan Arms, a 60-unit senior apartment complex in Red Bank, NJ, has bed bugs. Monmouth County Health Officer Sidney B. Johnson said “bedbugs are not a health issue because they do not transmit disease but that the insects do qualify as pests.”
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By Nobugsonme on Nov 20, 2007 in Aliens, bed bug bites photos, bed bugs, billings, canada, desperate measures to kill bed bugs, homeless, montana, ontario, photos of bed bug bites, shelter, spread, toronto, usa, vancouver | 3 Comments
TheStar.com | Joe Fiorito | Bedbugs not a hazard? Try telling that to their tormented victims
Mary smelled gasoline. “I called the security guard. We followed the smell. . . . . The guy who opened the door . . . . was getting bit. He was scratching. He said someone told him to […]
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 Nov 16, 2007 in Chagas' disease, Q fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anthrax, bed bugs, bedbugs, boutonneuse fever, brown county, brucellosis, encephalomyelitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic jaundice (Brazzaville), epidemic typhus, exanthematous typhus, health, health department, health risks, hotel bed bugs, hotels, infectious disease, influenza, leprosy, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, macthrift motor inn, malaria, mansonelliasis, motels, oceanfront, ohio, onchocerciasis, oriental sore, paratyphoid fever, plague, pneumococcal pneumonia, poliomyelitis, public health, relapsing fever, sleeping sickness, smallpox, spread, staphylococcal septicemia, time, travel, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid fever, usa, virginia, virginia beach, virginia beach health department, yellow fever | 0 Comments
WAVY TV 10 - Bed bugs invade another oceanfront motel (in Virginia Beach, VA)
“Bed bugs invade another oceanfront motel. This time the health department forced the MacThrift Motor Inn on 22nd street to close off some of its rooms because of the pesky little critters.” Five rooms, to be exact.
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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 Nov 13, 2007 in Joe Fiorito, Lexington, Toronto Community Housing, affordable housing, bed bug epidemic, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, caulking, cincinnati, columbus, epidemic, erie, get rid of bed bugs, immigrants, immigrants and bed bugs, immigration, international travel, kentucky, low-income housing, ohio, ontario, pennsylvania, pesticide resistance, public housing, pyrethroid resistance, sealants, social services, spread, tenants, toronto, travel, treatment | 16 Comments
TheStar.com | Battling bedbugs is not easy: Joe Fiorito talks to Steve Floros of Toronto Community Housing:
This is a public housing official: “We have a program of unit refurbishment. We’re spending $75 million over three years to upgrade kitchens and bathrooms; we want to seal every crack so there isn’t free ability of the pests […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 10, 2007 in Joe Fiorito, Lexington, The Star, bed bug epidemic, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bed bugs and the elderly, bedbugs, best practices, canada, education, elderly, government response to bed bugs, health, health department, homelessness, housing laws, how to kill bed bugs, journalist, journalists, kentucky, low-income housing, multi-unit buildings, ontario, pest control, public education, public health, public housing, social services, spread, toronto, treatment, treatment in institutions, usa | 0 Comments
LEX18 - Lexington, KY: Health Department Encourages Learning About Bed Bugs
“The Kentucky Department for Public Health is encouraging people to learn more about bed bugs, the small, brownish insects that feed on the blood of animals.” Paradoxically, this article contains almost no content or explanation of how they’ll do that.
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By Nobugsonme on Nov 8, 2007 in Huffington Post, barrie, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bed bugs and the elderly, canada, elderly, get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, journalist, journalists with bed bugs, new york, news, nyc, ontario, spread, treatment, usa | 6 Comments
Note to readers: I am experimenting with posting some brief bed bug news links–with shorter commentary from me. I will still be doing more in-depth analyses (as often as before), but since the volume of stories is increasing, in this way, I can share more of the news with you, more promptly. Let me […]
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