By nobugsonme on Jan 15, 2008 in Joe Fiorito, Reg Ayre, The Star, Toronto Public Health, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs in toronto, bedbugs, health, how to get rid of bed bugs, ontario, public health, toronto | 0 Comments
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 […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 6, 2008 in 2010 Winter Olympics, Bloor Street, Paula Fletcher, The Star, Toronto City Council, bed bug dog, bed bug protocol, bed bug task force, bed bugs, bed bugs and health, bed bugs and public health, bedbugs, boston, canada, cincinnati, downtown eastside, get rid of bed bugs, getting rid of bed bugs, health, health department, laundry, london, new york city, notifying tenants, nyc, ontario, politicians, purity pest control, san francisco, south of bloor, toronto, vancouver | 0 Comments
Jennifer Brown of The Star reports that Toronto politician Paula Fletcher is agitated about bed bugs–and trying to do something about them.
She wants the health department to investigate whether they’re a health hazard:
Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth) has received so many calls from constituents she’s asked the health department to declare them a […]
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 11, 2007 in Joe Fiorito, The Star, bed bug education, bed bug treatment, bedbugs, billings, florida, get rid of bed bugs, homeless, homeless shelter, how to get rid of bed bugs, low-income housing, mattresses, misinformation, montana, montana rescue mission, mosquitos, ontario, orlando, public housing, streets, tenants, throwing away mattresses, throwing stuff out, toronto, toronto community housing corporation, tossing out mattresses, tossing things out | 1 Comment
TheStar.com | Joe Fiorito updates us on prior bed bug story
“… when bedbugs spread to her apartment, and when the Toronto Community Housing Corporation could not respond to her complaints…, she booked a fumigator on her own and paid… to take care of the problem. She has now been reimbursed by TCHC.” This […]
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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