S2774
This is a different state bill in New Jersey that would create a warranty:
Author Archives: Renee Corea
Preparation, money, and the shortening of the window to act
Preparation for bed bug treatments is necessary and becoming normalized as a consumer service but, because nothing is ever that simple with bed bugs, preparation may unintentionally spread bed bugs, within the apartment, in the building and in the community. Continue reading
Use the Force
Sorry, silly mood. A new bacterium in bed bugs has been found. It’s related to an endosymbiotic bacterium already identified in ticks, Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii. Yes, named after the bacteria that communicate with the Force. Pretty neat, that prerogative of … Continue reading
Ending the 30-day trial risk plus remembering the essential mattress problem
Update: This bill was vetoed in July 2010, plus other news in mattresses here.
An excited condition
We have a one-track mind here, no doubt, and so I’ve been looking for articles that discuss how bed bugs find their human hosts. Recently I read about the phases of host-seeking behaviors in blood-sucking insects—hungry searching, activation by stimuli … Continue reading
NYS IPM Program’s How to Talk to Callers about Bed Bugs
Have you seen this? The NYS IPM Program’s guidance for master gardeners, How to Talk to Callers about Bed Bugs (PDF), part of the resources collected here—do not miss the travel wallet cards (PDF).
IPHPW presentations
The International Public Health Pesticides Workshop presentations are a good place to learn about the problems of pesticides development and availability. (Disease vectors are the focus here as we’ve already noted but we should nevertheless pay attention to this process. … Continue reading
No good in an ambush
This made me laugh even though it’s not funny. (?) In the 1960s the US Army considered several arthropod species for use in a portable insect ambush detector or a stationary intrusion detector device.
Michigan’s Bed Bug Workgroup
I found these background notes (PDF) on the website of the Property Management Association of West Michigan (PMAM); they describe the efforts of a workgroup on bed bugs brought together by the Michigan Department of Community Health. The first meeting … Continue reading
Blaming EPA is not the answer either
I have been wanting to write about this for a while but the most credible public proponent of the idea that the great bed bug debacle of the 21st century is all EPA’s fault was Rich Kozlovich who has written … Continue reading