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27 January 2012

Bed Bugs—Creatures of the Night!

By Max Sherman

For those of us who travel frequently, there is a major hazard to consider: bed bugs!

Once nearly eradicated, these blood suckers have made a rapid comeback in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. This spread may be a global pattern.

Traveling to and staying in hotels overnight in New York City is especially problematic, as this city appears to be particularly affected. New York, however, is not unique. Bed bug infestations have been reported increasingly in homes, apartments, hotel rooms, hospitals and dormitories in the US since 1980. Reports of bed bug infestations in San Francisco doubled between 2004 and 2006.

Bed bugs have superseded termites as the number one urban pest, and they have evolved to outsmart the latest generation of chemicals used to control them. Bed bugs are no longer kept in check by insecticides called pyrethroids. [Read More...]

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