March | 2009 | New York vs Bed Bugs

EPA National Bed Bug Summit update: change of venue

The venue has moved to the Sheraton Cristal City: Sheraton Crystal City Hotel 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, Virginia 22202 703-486-1111 www.sheraton.com/crystalcity

The question of neglect

If it were up to me, most photographs of bed bug infestations would be of well-ordered homes with no overt signs of infestation. Where the before and after pictures would be identical.

Consumer Reports, world-class tease

In a blog post about the recent BBC radio report about bed bugs in NYC (the online article is available here—it features an in-the-field interview with John Furman whom we’ve also interviewed, via unexciting email however), Consumer Reports does this:

Do we want a bed bug summit of our own?

Please have a look at the photographs of the Stop Bedbugs DC meeting on Friday.

A bed bug survey in Oahu

New York vs Bed Bugs recommends community and pest control industry surveys and a city-wide reporting database to track bed bug infestations in our city. Will we get it? Not sure, but I think we’ll be here until we get … Continue reading

Bed bugs in schools: the obvious teaching opportunity

The news out of Dayton, Ohio about reported bed bug complaints in several local schools, including a school closing, is not surprising.

Articles from the Summer 2006 issue of AE

It’s difficult for the lay person to get access to research articles. I’m always glad of free resources and, in case you share my problem and interest, want to point out some bed bug articles you may have missed.