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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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Diatomaceous Earth: Non-Toxic Solution to Annoying Pests

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Below is a great article by Terri Bennett of McClatchy News Service about Diatomaceous Earth.  The original article is available on the Times Colonist website, and is available for viewing here.

Want a safer way to get rid of unwanted pests like ants, roaches and even bedbugs?

Try something you might never have heard of [...]

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 [...]

Experimental Poison Plus Diatomaceous Earth: The Dynamic Duo Found Effective in Bedbug Control

An experimental poison synthesized from the bedbugs themselves plus diatomaceous earth found to aid in the bug’s extermination. [...]

Freezing Bedbugs? The Latest Alternative to Bedbug Pesticides

There is  another green alternative to bedbug pesticides on the horizon thanks to inventor Lawrence Chadnik.  Health Canada has given Chadnik the seal of approval to market Cryonite as a bedbug killer.  Cryonite works by quickly freezing the bedbugs to death using pressurized carbon dioxide snow. The below article provides more information about this interesting [...]