Bed Bugs
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Detect Bed Bugs with Trained Dogs
An increasing number of businesses and individuals are opting for canines to find bed bug infestations. -
The Traveler’s Guide to Avoiding Bedbugs
Over the course of just one year, 2.3 Billion Americans took a business or leisure trip, according to a study done by the US Travel Association. Or, in other words, there were 2.3 Billion chances for Americans to pick up bed bugs from hotel rooms, planes, or other public transportation, and... -
Make Your Mattress Survive Moving Day
When moving, we go to great lengths to make sure our belongings arrive in one piece. We individually wrap glasses and plates, we meticulously encase electronics in their original packaging, and we label boxes “fragile” until our Sharpies run out of ink. But two of our most important belongings often... -
Don't Pour Alcohol on Your Bed Bugs—Try These Tips Instead
Excerpted from Mental Floss Getting bed bugs is a nightmare experience, one that’s sure to cost you oodles of time, money, and emotional distress. The bugs are painfully hard to purge from your household, and it’s getting even harder as they become more resistant to common insecticides. Unfortunately, home remedies are often... -
Protect-A-Bed® releases new bed bug heat treatment bag during peak of summer travel season
ThermalStrike_Ranger_NR_July2014 Protect-A-Bed® has launched a reusable, portable treatment bag, the ThermalStrike Ranger, designed to rid luggage of bed bugs. Using the similar heat technology that makes ThermalStrike heated luggage popular among travelers, the Ranger eliminates bed bugs by surrounding luggage with penetrating heat on all sides to destroy all stages... -
Top Entomologies Call for Awareness in War against Bed Bugs
Trends_in_BedBug_Wars_FINAL There's one thing on which top entomologiest agree: The current bed bug infestation has not yet reached its peak in the U.S. -
Do You Know What You’re Sleeping With?
An article on CoastalHealthMatters.com (http://www.coastalhealthmatters.com/content/what-are-you-sleeping-your-sheets-might-be-dangerously-dirty) interviewed Philip M. Tierno Jr., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, regarding what’s hiding in people’s sheets. Here are some important points: Sheets and pillowcases should be changed once a week. Most Americans don’t change them for up...
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