Fire Stations Crop Up Policies Against Bed Bugs– Which Ones Should You Adopt?

Bed bugs are known hitchhikers. As their numerous reported infestations have proven, with a ride on anything, anybody at anywhere could already be their next victim. And sadly for the crew of one fire station in Lancaster, they recently became those “next victims.” So to prevent the comeback of the critters, they adopted a policy…

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Mississippi Storm Left Immense Damages, Expected to Bring Mold Problems – How Do You Save Your Properties from Mold Presence?

A strong spring storm rummaged the Southeast on Thursday. And in its wake, it left casualties of immense worth. Several counties in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana sustained damages as the storm from the T-shaped system swept through. A number of tornadoes destroyed homes and businesses, downed and snapped trees and caused power outages. However,…

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Eight Tips to Keep Bed Bugs Off Your Apartment

Every place could now be infested by the bloodsucking bed bugs. However, they are a little biased with residences. As you might have read or heard in the news, more of their reported infestations occurred in houses and apartments. The reason is that they always have someone to feed on in those residences. But between…

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What Do You Need to Fight Bed Bugs (and Why Do You Need Them)?

Bed bugs are now everywhere. There are reports about them infesting houses, apartments, hotels, nursing homes, commercial establishments and even buses and trains. Sure, as you might already know, they don’t transfer illnesses. However, the bed bug bites and the mere thought that bed bugs might crawl on you and bite you while you sleep…

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Bed Bugs Increasing in Oneida County

Bed bugs are real pain. And among the counties really feeling the headache that their increase in number brings is Oneida County in New York. The pests are now widely spread in the county that its health department gets up to 14 calls a week about the pests. Cathe Bullwinkle, quality improvement coordinator for the…

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Bed Bugs Now Immune to Pesticides?

Some of the good things about the warm months are that you could travel, have fun in the sun and bring home some great garage sale finds. The bad thing though, there is a bigger chance that bed bugs would hitch on you or your luggage for a ride. Worse, based on a recent study,…

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Vegas Fire Station Struggling from Bed Bugs

Even fire stations, bed bugs don’t spare. And another one of it in Vegas, the pests recently invaded. However, according to the local firefighters, their complaints about the said vampire-like insects are sadly not being heard. The fire station reported with the bed bug infestation is in Las Vegas’ Clark County. Particularly, the pests are…

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Bed Bugs Disrupt UC-Berkeley Campus Housing

It seems that bed bugs are loving the Griffiths Hall in Unit 2 of the University of California, Berkeley. Although for sure, it isn’t the only dormitory that got a bed bug problem, the pests were seen in the fifth and seventh floors of it for the past few months already. And needless to say,…

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New Bed Bug Bill Strikes Balance Between Landlords and Tenants

Housing complexes are some of the most common places that bed bugs love to invade. They also present some of the worst bed bug infestation cases. Primarily, that’s because it is not legally clear who’s responsible to pay for the treatment. With the new bed bug bill though, that could be fairly determined. In a…

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Bed Bugs Hitchhiked Their Way to a Lincoln Care Facility

One thing that makes bed bugs infamous is their ability to attack without being noticed. That’s no thanks to them being good hitchhikers. And as a report has it, that sneaky hitchhiking ability got them to one Lincoln care facility. As the report said, particularly, the vampire-like pests have recently reached the Tabitha Health Care’s…

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