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Bed bugs and public health

Dr. Pollack and the 2006 NYC bed bug hearing

Harvard School of Public Health entomologist Dr. Richard Pollack’s testimony before the New York City Council Consumer Affairs Committee on September 18, 2006 deserves reexamination. Continue reading

June 18, 2008
Posted by Renee Corea
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The public health question

Bed bugs affect the health and environment of city residents in several ways. Continue reading

April 17, 2008
Posted by Renee Corea
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NYC Department of Sanitation rule requires bagging of mattresses and box springs set out for collection. Rule in effect December 3 with full enforcement beginning January 3, 2011.

HPD streamlined the registration page for its free online bed bug course and now offers on-site community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here. Classes are also scheduled at HPD offices on February 29, 2012 at 6 pm.

Department of Health bed bug guide: Preventing and Getting Rid of Bed Bugs Safely (PDF)

See a list of NYC bed bug resources and the NYC page.

Review of NYC laws -- see also the bed bug disclosure law which came into effect later

FY 2010 NYC bed bug statistics update - New York vs Bed Bugs (PDF) See also: a look at the bed bug data from the 2009 Community Health Survey

Christian Swinehart’s BDBGS! a NYC bed bug map visualization

The Bedbug Registry - NYC map

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