Every year, we open our homes to spend the holidays with close friends and family. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s, millions of people travel by plane, train or automobile to spend time with their loved ones. But in addition to clean sheets and towels, holiday hosts should also prepare their homes for an unexpected visitor… Continue reading Bed Bug FREE Holidays
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CDC Study: One Death, 100+ Illnesses linked to Bed Bug Targeting Insecticides
Thinking about tackling that bed bug problem in your building by yourself? You might want to think again or at least get a second opinion before you pull the pin on that “bug bomb” in your hand. According to a recent report by the CDC and EPA, from 2003-2010 nearly 111 cases of illness and… Continue reading CDC Study: One Death, 100+ Illnesses linked to Bed Bug Targeting Insecticides
Top 10 Bed Bug Infestation Spots
Sure, we’ve all heard the nursery rhyme, and we’ve all seen the pictures of rooms cluttered with bed bugs, their nasty skins and droppings, and read the news stories about bed bug infestations, their resistance to pesticides and how they are increasing to pandemic levels throughout the United States. But you are still thinking that… Continue reading Top 10 Bed Bug Infestation Spots
Bed Bug Checkpoint
Recently, Habitat Magazine published an interesting article, written by Tom Soter, detailing how Pride Property Management is implementing a new move-in/move-out policy in their buildings to ensure that their for-sale units are free of bed bugs. These days, Alex Kuffel treats the warning he first heard as a child very seriously: “We used to say, ‘Sleep… Continue reading Bed Bug Checkpoint
NPMA: 2011 Bugs Without Borders Survey – Executive Summary
Recently, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) released an Executive Summary of the 2011 Bugs Without Borders Survey. Completed this summer, the NPMA and the University of Kentucky surveyed a nationwide sample of pest management professionals. We are pleased to share an executive summary, featuring the latest findings about the growing bed bug resurgence and… Continue reading NPMA: 2011 Bugs Without Borders Survey – Executive Summary
NPMA: How to Avoid Bedbugs While Traveling
Frommers.com Wednesday, April 13, 2011 They’re back and they’re bigger than ever: After a decades-long hiatus, bedbugs have made a creepy-crawly comeback in hotels, office buildings, department stores — you name it — all across the U.S. In fact, according to a recent poll conducted by the National Pest Management Association(www.pestworld.org), 95% of the pest control… Continue reading NPMA: How to Avoid Bedbugs While Traveling
Oldest Pest Control Firm in New York Launches Its First Ad Campaign to Educate Consumers
New York’s largest and oldest pest control firm, Assured Environments, is launching its first official marketing campaign in 76 years. An internet campaign focusing on a variety of the company’s products and services will support the television initiative. As New York’s largest and oldest pest control firm, Assured Environments has built its business on superior service and… Continue reading Oldest Pest Control Firm in New York Launches Its First Ad Campaign to Educate Consumers
Gotham Schools: Bed bug invasion continues unabated for 2010/2011 season
Bedbugs, the parasitic insects whose infestation levels have reached near epidemic proportions in New York City, were discovered in schools at an unprecedented rate this year, according to totals released by the city Department of Education. There were 3,590 confirmed cases of bedbugs found in schools this year, a rate that more than tripled the… Continue reading Gotham Schools: Bed bug invasion continues unabated for 2010/2011 season
A step towards bed bug free moving trucks
Original Post (By Teri Rogers and Margot Slade): Read it HERE If you are moving, you may be understandably concerned about picking up bed bugs in transit. Yet whether out of cost worries, denial or ignorance, New York City moving and storage companies have been slow to adopt procedures that cut down the risk of… Continue reading A step towards bed bug free moving trucks