Should we talk about rats first?
Come on, it’ll be fun.
Month: February 2009
4 good things
Yes, I know you want to know about the hearing! It was great! I’m going to tell you everything but I overdid the sleep is overrated thing this week and I know you want to read a coherent account. … Continue reading
Extraordinary (breaking) news: an EPA bed bug conference in Washington on April 14
A watershed EPA public meeting about bed bugs will end the uncertainty surrounding the public health importance of bed bugs. Continue reading
Psst, CBS: there is no bed bug task force
In their puzzlingly titled piece, Despite Task Force, NYC Bedbug Complaints Way Up, well, we just don’t know where this is coming from:
The 18th, 19th and 20th sponsors
We want to thank Council Members Tony Avella, Maria del Carmen Arroyo and James Vacca for their support of the bed bug legislative proposals that will be the subject of the New York City Council hearing on Tuesday.
Giving bed bugs their due
We like this Gale Brewer statement, from her press release announcing a press conference on Tuesday:
Lou Sorkin, in his own voice
The New York Times’ Saki Knafo interviewed Lou for a feature, The Man Who Lets the Bedbugs Bite, that is truly wonderful.
“The dragons are all dead”
I’m adding a quote to our sidebar quotes. You’ve seen those, right? I’ll tell you my favorite after all of this is over.
A brief citizen’s guide to the problem of bed bugs in New York City
The New York vs Bed Bugs report that was the subject of a New York Daily News preview article is available for download.
Johnson’s hut, part 1.75
The paper: Johnson, C. G. 1941. The ecology of the bed-bug, Cimex lectularius L., in Britain. Journal of Hygiene 41: 345–461