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The work of New York vs Bed Bugs has ended -- this site remains as an archive. We're making things simple and easier to maintain but we'll bring back the photographs our friends allowed us to use (perhaps you liked them too).
- Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
- HPD has streamlined the registration page for its online bed bug course and is now offering community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here.
- Featured interview: Steven W. Smollens on landlord / tenant litigation history in Bedbug City
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Australian medical entomologists on what GPs should know
Not everyday that you read this: Mental health impact One aspect of the medical affects of bed bug bites that is almost never addressed is the significant psychological distress caused by the bites. This is a very real health problem … Continue reading
Cash for…?
You’ve heard of the cash for caulkers idea idea, right? Incentives for home weatherization projects to reduce energy use. What would it take to get NYC apartment buildings bed bug-proofed, to see the growth of bed bug proofing businesses? The … Continue reading
2nd ONPHA video in planned series: bed bug treatment preparation
The second Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA) video is up: See previously: Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association bed bug awareness video. ONPHA also has a bed bug resources page. I was surprised to find that it links to a section on … Continue reading
ESA videos
From the Entomological Society of America’s video contest, this is a Spanish-language bed bug education video from Virginia Tech: By Preston Brown, written by Dini Miller and featuring Andrea Polanco who it turns out is the filmmaker of the bed … Continue reading
“If anything, I look for it to get worse”
Ray Lopez, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann and Paul Wenning are interviewed in this article at Miller-McCune magazine about our bed bug problem: A Wake-Up Call on Bedbugs. I am personally grateful for this careful reporting: In New York, confirmed violations — likely … Continue reading
Short takes 11/20
11/20 – Money for bed bugs has a way of running out, though Reg Ayre says they’ve learned some things. Please share, Mr. Ayre. (Toronto) 11/19 – So, they are asking elderly and disabled ladies to throw away their mattresses … Continue reading
Teasing out the bubbles: Gerry Wegner shares a neat idea
Take a look at the photograph of a bed bug display vial accompanying this news story out of Columbus last week. Pretty neat, yes? For one thing they’re dead, but still look pretty good, and there they are, all stages, … Continue reading
“Die Bettwanzen und ich”
I found this video strangely sad. (Don’t see it if you’re distressed about bed bugs.) How many did he miss I wonder?
“The kind of thing your eye slides over, registering nothing”
The Road to Wigan Pier: House in Peel Street. Back to back, two up, two down and large cellar. [...] Distance to lavatory 70 yards. Four beds in house for eight people—two old parents, two adult girls (the eldest aged … Continue reading
“the possibility of bed bugs arises”
The report last week of Chicago’s investigation of 5 stores selling new or used mattresses with bed bugs included a consumer warning (PDF) from Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection that has to rank an important development in … Continue reading
