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eliminating bed bugs from clothes, shoes, furniture, and other stuff

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Furniture, boxes of clothing, books, and other stuff: should I leave it out in the cold for a few weeks? What about a deep freezer? Or my old Frigidiare? Can bed bugs be killed with cold? How cold and how long?

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