The Environmental Protection Agency has published Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Section 18 exemption request for propoxur in the Federal Register. The public comment period ends on January 21.
Bed bug tracking in Columbus: “a fraction of the actual bed bug infestations”
It’s amazing how much the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force has been able to accomplish without any significant funding. The latest example is this presentation from the recent Central Ohio Bed Bug Summit: Bed Bug Distribution through Greater Columbus, 2007 – 2009 (PowerPoint).
A small business owner writes to the mayor
A New York resident shared this letter.
November 24, 2009
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
City Hall
New York, New York 10007
The no biggie school of thought
I am honestly not sure what to make of Richard Fagerlund and his advice anymore.
Old timey bed bug news
Sometimes it is postulated that people were more tolerant of bed bugs in the past. And yet if you actually look what you find is quite resonant with what has been happening to us.
More tales of CIN-1: PBO and deltamethrin
CIN-1 is a strain of bed bugs maintained at the University of Kentucky—one imagines for the purposes of inquiry into the supernatural limits of its invincibility.
Toronto schools bed bug policy
The Toronto District School Board has published a bed bug procedure as a standard for all schools, outdoor education, child care and administrative facilities.
Short takes 12/4
-I was moved by this post: Bedbugs: A Modern-Day Leprosy. Seriously. – Bart Campolo – God’s Politics Blog (Cincinnati)
Bed Bug Central’s charitable holiday treatments
Bed Bug Central is coordinating charitable bed bug treatments for the holidays.
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 and should not be ignored. There is an apparent stigma associated with bed bugs that relates the insect with poor housekeeping and hygiene,29 even though five star hotels do not escape infestations. Often when people learn that there is an insect in their bed that is biting them at night, they are horrified and disgusted. This can develop into a delusionary state, whereby the patient feels bites and insects crawling on them, even if the bed bugs have been eliminated for some time.30 As bed bugs often bite on the face and neck, the resulting bite marks can affect an individual’s self esteem and possibly interfere with employment performance or prospects. Another aspect of how bed bugs impact on the mental health of people relates to the trauma of the cost of eradication, which can be from hundreds to thousands of dollars per infestation.