- 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
Category Archives: News
Temprid gets bed bug label
Temprid SC got a bed bug label (PDF), see the Bayer press release at PCT. One wishes to say, godspeed Temprid, but alas not in New York. (I have no idea why. But it’s tempting to think that DEC has … Continue reading
Bed bugs make the home page of the NYC Department of Health
You have to see this. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has published a new bed bug guide, Preventing and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs Safely (PDF), available in English as a printed booklet by calling … Continue reading
Carolyn Klass in The New Yorker, “The Bedbug Decider”
Ms. Klass has retired according to the Talk of the Town piece. How many of us can relate to this? Dear Carolyn, I am super paranoid that I have bedbugs. We are all super grateful to entomologists, aren’t we? The … Continue reading
kdr pyrethroid resistance widespread in U.S. bed bug populations
The University of Kentucky announced yesterday that knockdown resistance (kdr-type) mutations, conferring resistance to synthetic pyrethroid pesticides, are widely prevalent in U.S. bed bug populations. The study, forthcoming1 in Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, finds that one or two … Continue reading
Bed Bug Central’s charitable holiday treatments
Bed Bug Central is coordinating charitable bed bug treatments for the holidays. If you operate a facility in NYC or are dealing with an infestation at home, you can apply to receive a single treatment that is intended as a … 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
Actually, no, that’s not true
The Associated Press re the propoxur story: Bedbugs are generally controlled by washing sheets, thoroughly cleaning infested rooms and use a powerful vacuum to remove bedbugs from cracks and crevices. In some cases, exterminators use pesticides. No. And no. However, … Continue reading
So, it’s propoxur
Update: Federal Register notice published; public comment period ends January 21, 2010. When we noticed the talk about the active consideration by EPA of Section 18 emergency exemptions for bed bugs, it wasn’t clear which pesticides were being discussed. The … Continue reading
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Tagged bedbugs, Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, EPA, Ohio, pesticides, propoxur, Section 18
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NYT on pervasive bed bug problem in NYC co-ops and condos
I thought The New York Times had forgotten all about the bed bug issues, but an article in this weekend’s real estate section by Teri Karush Rogers, about co-op and condo buyers and their bed bug problems and bed bug … Continue reading
The New York Post losing its touch?
I’m impressed by the nearly sober headline: Bedbugs in the Court! What happened to the blood bug invasion of old? The latest bed bug casualty in our city is one beautiful building indeed. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
