News for Going Green Lovers
While mold was costing a fire house in Chattanooga some $25,000, the bed bugs were biting more than $30,000 off fire stations in Norfolk. The vampire-like pests’ feast in the city’s fire houses started mid-October. Initially, they were found in just three of them. However, the discovery of them prompted a department-wide inspection. And following…
A mold contamination has gotten a Tennessee fire station out of action. The fungus was particularly found in Chattanooga’s Fire Station 8 on Hickory Valley Road. And as a result of it, the 15 firefighters stationed in there were forced to relocate. For the meantime, they were transferred to Station 6 on Bonny Oaks Drive.…
Bed bugs are very prevalent. They are now almost everywhere penetrating even places where they were not expected. In Amarillo in Texas though, those critters are more than just a constant presence. They have become a huge problem as more of them showed up in the city’s hotels and motels. Last year, Amarillo hospitality industry’s…
Wisconsin’s Okee Schoolhouse in Lodi was shut down on Monday. The reason was mold presence. The building is owned by the town of Lodi and is being used by the Boy Scout. Other organizations hold meetings in there as well in regular basis. Lately though, there have been several complaints of people getting sick in…
Bed bugs were said roaming in New Albany High School in Kentucky. However, the school’s administration denied it. Speculations of the critters’ presence at the campus spread quickly over the web. Claims of their infestation were in full sway on social media sites. Local news outlets have also picked up stories about it. Nonetheless, the…
Mold has become a major troublemaker to Newburgh Police Department. Caused by water leakage, it had been bringing in several problems in the department’s building. It had been contaminating the police’s uniforms, holsters, helmets and vests. It had also been covering their various equipments. And generally, that led to inconveniences for both officers and civilian…
A stay in jail is never one would consider a pleasant experience. However, for bed bugs, that could be heaven, just as a number of them had it in Snohomish County Jail. The facility was infested by those vampire-like crawlies since August, based on the accounts of one inmate, Peter Blyzka. According to him, he…
Mold was discovered in one of Connecticut’s busiest libraries – Fairfield Woods Branch Library. And with the books at the risk of ruin and more importantly, the patrons and employees at the threat of being sick, the management decided to close it for treatment. The discovery of the fungus came following the replacement of the…
Bed bugs found a way into New York’s Department of Financial Services. And needless to say, they were causing quite a stir among the employees. But this bed bug problem wasn’t actually unique to the building. Earlier this year, before the transfer of some employees from 25 Beaver St, the critters were already troubling the…
Mold made victims out of yet more schools. This time, it caused trouble in the Tri-City campuses of Buffalo in Illinois. The fungus was initially discovered in the school district last summer. Custodial workers particularly found it in the girls’ locker room located in the basement of the 1938-built section of a building. That then…
