$546,000 Award Could Set Bed Bug Precedent

$546,000 Award Could Set Bed Bug Precedent

October 05, 2017

An Arkansas family that complained of bed bug bites while staying at a Rancho Cucamonga hotel has been awarded $546,000, which their lawyer said is the biggest judgment ever in a bed-bug-related case.

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Bed Bugs on Airplanes?! Yikes!

Bed Bugs on Airplanes?! Yikes!

October 04, 2017

Bed bugs are gifted hitchhikers. They don’t hop or fly but they sure can crawl, especially when motivated by the promise of a good hiding place, such as your checked baggage. While your bag is in the plane’s cargo hold bed bugs “may have hitchhiked on someone else's luggage on the plane and transferred to yours,” suggests Brian DiCicco, CEO of Pest Management Inc.

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Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Bed Bugs - Cornell University 2008

Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Bed Bugs - Cornell University 2008

September 19, 2017

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA HEALTH        AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

STATE OF CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

September 19, 2017

GUIDANCE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS ON THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF BED BUG INFESTATIONS IN CALIFORNIA

There has been a resurgence of bed bug infestations throughout the United States. In response to this re-emerging public health issue, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is providing guidance to assist affected entities on the prevention, surveillance, and control of bed bug infestations. Based on reports from local health departments and pest control operators (PCOs), bed bug infestations have been found in hotels, nursing homes, public housing, apartment complexes, shelters, moving vans, jails, furniture rental stores, dormitories and other multi-unit dwellings. 

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Let’s go into the home of the BED BUG

Let’s go into the home of the BED BUG

September 19, 2017

Everyone thinks bed bugs live on the mattresses in hotels.  No, not if the linens are laundered daily.   They don’t like clean.  They use the mattress as a freeway for the 30 minute commute from home to the diner, which is, unfortunately, your guest!

So, where do bed bugs live, build their nest, lay their eggs and raise their young? 

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