How to Fight Bedbugs:Non-Chemical Cures

Below is a great video about Tim McCoy,who runs the Dodson Urban Pest Management Lab at Virginia Tech. He believes that bedbugs are an epidemic that will get worse before it gets better. McCoy’s lab is at the forefront of research on pesticide resistance and finding new control methods for bedbugs,like Diatomaceous earth.

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Toronto Bed Bug Infestations Spike by nearly 40% in 2010

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Toronto Bed Bug Infestations Spike by nearly 40% in 2010 [...]

Landlord Takes a Tough Stance on Bedbugs

Winnipeg landlord Leon Wieler keeps his building bedbug free by taking a hardball approach to bedbug prevention.

Written by Jen Skerritt

A local landlord has cooked up a solution to help stop bloodsucking bugs from crawling into bed with more people.

Leon Wieler has converted an old trailer into an oven,but the hot temperatures [...]

Bedbugs:Bake them before they bite

Below is a great video and article by CNN London that shows a bedbug dog at work and gives an overview of heat treatment for bedbugs.  Heat treatment is a very effective tool for killing bedbugs,but it is important to use heat treatment for bedbugs in conjunction with other methods such as:wiping down [...]

Bedbugs Making Big Comeback

Decades after the widespread spraying of DDT was banned,bedbugs have made a big comeback.  In the USA,at least five states have called on the Department of Defense pleading for money to address the bedbug issue. The state of Ohio is so desperate that it petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to allow in-home use [...]