Announcing an experimental mailing list: usvbb
When I’m contacted by people working on bed bug problems in other cities, I try to reply with a detailed email. Occasionally, I get no response.
When I’m contacted by people working on bed bug problems in other cities, I try to reply with a detailed email. Occasionally, I get no response.
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Steven W. Smollens has practiced landlord and tenant law in New York City for 34 years.
Remember BASF’s bed bug prevention pitch?
From Australian medical entomologist Stephen Doggett, a draft first edition of a Bed Bug Management Policy for Accommodation Providers, “initially developed to assist community housing groups who were experiencing recurrent bed bug problems” but useful for anyone in “the hospitality … Continue reading
The NPMA/University of Kentucky global bed bug survey hasn’t been published yet (see the NPMA press release that made the news rounds recently) but I came across an executive summary (PDF) via Pest magazine that has a bit more detail.
With people’s backs against the wall in various cities of the United States, the CDC and EPA pronounce themselves officially on the case of “alarming” U.S. bed bug resurgence: CDC-EPA Joint Statement on bed bug control in the U.S.
I was as surprised as you to learn that the city intended to release the advisory board report after all and adopt some of its recommendations. It’s tempting to think that interesting things happen when CEOs start writing to the … Continue reading
Well, maybe one more history post. The papers say the city is ready to do battle, more on what that might mean later. Of course bed bugs have always been a big deal. Eradicating them, a big production. We had … Continue reading
There are so many things I’ve wanted to write about in the time I’ve been away (and not just about historical research, heh).