Bedbug infestations are on the rise in Chicago—and the number of complaints barely scratches the surface
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They’re everywhere—but they always were. In this city, even a dead rat can draw a crowd. If the rat were scurrying between garbage cans, or running down a 4-train track, some yahoo would have said it was “giant, as big as a cat, ten pounds or more.” But being dead, its greasy fur splayed out on First Avenue near 6th Street, the rat’s dimensions were clear.
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Hairier skin may be the key to avoiding being bitten by bed bugs, claim Sheffield academics.
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Inbreeding may be the secret to the bedbug's success, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. After nearly disappearing in the United States, the bloodsucking pests have made a comeback in recent years, quickly infesting apartment buildings and stubbornly resisting common insecticides.
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Bed bug infestation can be a serious problem for you, your family, or your company if not treated properly. Bell Environmental has specific methods on bed bug removal, as well as lots of other information. Check out this article from the Washington Post about bed bugs, and find out more about the bed bug detection from Bell.
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New Data Shows Bed Bug Pandemic Is Growing National Pest Management Association and University of Kentucky survey reveals bed bug encounters are becoming more common than ever before
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The resurgence of the common bed bug has caused more than a little unease in a country where the extent of most peoples’ experience with blood-sucking insects is limited to the odd mosquito bite. Louis Sorkin, an entomologist with the American Museum of Natural History and the foremost expert on these pernicious creatures, agreed to answer some questions about the little beasts for Britannica research editor Richard Pallardy.
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Find out about the the impact of bed bugs on our daily and legal Lives with Bell Environmental at the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel 2011 Annual Meeting in Virginia
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May Berenbaum, the head of the entomology department at the University of Illinois, had been a professor of entomology for 15 years before she saw her first live bedbug.
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Here is an interesting article from the Daily News that explores why bedbugs are on a tear from Park Ave. to the projects. They're tiny they're evil and everywhere in the city. Learn how New Yorker's are coping with the itch.
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