Torontoist includes a picture of a dust mite in their article about Paula Fletcher’s move to have bed bugs declared a “health hazard” in Toronto (item viewed 11/15 at 11 am EST). This is precisely why we keep calling for a public education campaign.

(tags: dustmites dustmitephoto torontoist toronto media bedbugs bedbug nov2007 2007)

City Councillor Paula Fletcher is trying to get Toronto to class bed bugs as a health hazard: “I want the city’s public health department to look at are they as pernicious and … a very determined pest that we need to have special measures to remove.”

(tags: bedbugs health publichealth nov2007 toronto ontario canada paulafletcher 2007 thestar)