We are reviewing the new NYS Department of State proposed mattress sanitizing regs
Update: Regs are final, plus other news in mattresses here.
Tag: bedbugs
NYT editorial acknowledges Gale Brewer’s cause
We are pleased that Council Member Gale Brewer is acknowledged by The New York Times in today’s editorial as the driving force in an effort to get bed bug legislation on the books in our city—an effort that began in … Continue reading
DEC backs down from announced consumer ban of total release foggers
In October, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that it would classify total release foggers (“TRFs” or “bug bombs”) as restricted-use products available only to professionals. We applauded that move, which followed a CDC study on … Continue reading
More incidence clues: bed bugs in Denmark (plus Busvine reflecting on bed bugs in 1984)
At the 2008 International Conference on Urban Pests in Budapest, researchers from the Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory (DPIL) presented a historical view of the bed bug inquiries received at the laboratory. The laboratory keeps annual data since 1953 and monthly … Continue reading
Strange indicators: bed bug infested electronics in 1968 Finland
In searching for bed bug incidence studies (yes, that tiny handful of them), I came across a study from Finland, published in 1970, that used a novel inquiry method. In addition to surveying boards of health and local authorities, the … Continue reading
Nobugs takes a very cool picture, a glimpse into highly infested London in the 30s
The London phone book, 1939. Pretty neat find at the NYPL!
NYC Council Intro 873 now has 17 sponsors
Council Member Jessica Lappin joined the sponsors of Intro 873, the new bed bug education bill in the New York City Council.
Money
Sooner or later the conversation must turn to money. We don’t have money to spend on bed bugs. And bed bugs cost a great deal of money. Logic will out: a deterioration in the quality of life in our cities … Continue reading
Good on paper, poverty and silver bullets: not everyone thinks Cincinnati is all that
About that public conversation we are to have about the bed bug problems in our cities… There was an exchange today in comments that I want to share.
The bed bugs are winning
Indeed, who can help? Clearly, entomologists and PMPs. And some public health departments—but obviously not ours (okay, remembering to be positive, not yet).