An article on The Travel Channel’s website explained that cities like Cincinnati, OH, Columbus, OH and Chicago, IL, have seen spikes in bed bug complaints. The article also explains that bed bugs are not only staying in homes anymore, but also showing up in hotels, office buildings and movie theaters. It doesn’t matter how clean the [...]

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A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that overuse of common pesticides caused one death and more than 111 cases of insecticide poisoning in seven states, between 2003 to 2010. A New York Times article  explained that most poisonings were due to individuals’ attempts to get rid of bed bugs. In 81 [...]

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It’s no secret that bed bugs are no longer just a problem in the bedroom. The lodging industry has been struggling with how to deal with bed bugs, with names like Helmsley Enterprises and Hilton Worldwide being among some of the companies affected. Retail chains have also had issues as well with bed bugs. In [...]

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No one enjoys a bed bug infestation, especially author Ben H. Winters. In his new thriller, “Bedbugs: A Novel” these little pests are the monsters tormenting the main characters, Alex and Susan Wendt. After moving into their dream apartment in Brooklyn, the Wendts should have known things were too good to be true. Winters explained in [...]

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If you vacationed in a major American city during the past year and didn’t encounter or hear about bed bugs, consider yourself lucky. New data from Raveable.com shows that the number of bed bug reports in 2011 totaled an astounding 660 percent more than 2010, Market Watch reports. Among the cities with the largest increases [...]

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The bed bug epidemic has taken North America by storm, invading our beds and dominating the headlines. But is all that buzz warranted? CBC Radio posted an interesting perspective on the blood-sucking invasion, asking the question: Are bed bugs the perfect symbol of urban paranoia? They’ve worked their way into our fears and imaginations, reminding [...]

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The University of Kentucky is no stranger to bed bugs; in fact, Big Bed Bug wrote about it in July when he commandeered the blog (again, we apologize). In conjunction with the National Pest Management Association, UK’s 2011 Bugs Without Borders Survey highlights some startling statistics, according to WWMT-TV in Michigan: 54 percent of college [...]

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It’s no secret that bed bugs are hard to eliminate. Some people try home remedies or call an exterminator, while others take the dramatic approach and throw everything away. For residents of Wilmington, Ohio, the latter approach just got more difficult. According to the Wilmington News Journal, the Wilmington Sanitation Department will no longer pick [...]

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Sometimes, the best bed bug solutions are discovered by word of mouth. Canadian lawyer Bob Goldin, after noticing a pattern of bites on his ankles and determining he had a small bed bug problem, “discovered a company that sells specialty mattress and pillow covers with tightly woven fibres that don’t let bed bugs in or [...]

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