More EPA summit documents: in lieu of the webinar, the presentations
No webinar for download yet but the presentations at the EPA National Bed Bug Summit have been posted. Continue reading
Month: April 2009
Baltimore’s Bed Bug Response Plan
Baltimore has launched a comprehensive bed bug control strategy: the Bed Bug Response Plan (PDF) the press release (PDF) and the bed bug web page at Baltimore City Health Department. (You’ll notice here something interesting: EPA apparently has a bed … Continue reading
311 finally has bed bug category
NYC 311 formalizes category for bed bug complaints — apartments, hotels, subways! Continue reading
For shame, NPR On The Media recycles David Segal’s bogus squishy stats show
Oh no, the return of squishy. Why, oh, why is On the Media recycling David Segal’s discredited bed bug story?
Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force is entirely a volunteer organization according to this article about the task force in The Other Paper. They have a $5K grant. That’s it.
New York vs Bed Bugs (1944)
“NEW YORK THIS SUMMER HAD PLAGUE OF BEDBUGS,” the St. Petersburg Times, October 10, 1944:
Landlord education (somewhere else): “be a resource for your tenants”
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension are teaming up to offer a bed bug workshop for landlords and property managers in May.
Morituri
I hadn’t realized how much I’d internalized the modern bed bug control mantra, it’s not the pesticide but the skill of the technician, until I realized it’s pretty standard for times in history such as ours, when nothing really works … Continue reading
Our comments for EPA
We figured they’d heard everything, truly, and from the smartest people all at the same time. So we basically said thanks. We figured they’d heard a bit less of that. And about those control methods…
Q&A with Lou Sorkin
Lou Sorkin is an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History. He is a beloved, indispensable figure for many New Yorkers struggling with bed bugs. You can see his incomparable photographs here. The NYT recently did a nice piece.