The Federal Government’s Insect-Defense Agency Is Infested With Bed Bugs
The bugs were found in the building that houses the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the agency responsible for containing and mitigating the spread of invasive pests in the U.S. The irony, one USDA employee said, “was lost on no one.”
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This is horrific. If this tenant gets on public transportation or goes to doctors offices or stores they can spread these bugs.
Years ago I moved into a little cabin in Chocorua NH that had bedbugs. I would wake up with huge welts in areas of my body that weren’t covered by pajamas and I thought they were spider bites because I would see spiders everywhere. I had no idea until I went to see my Doctor who immediately knew what they were.
(Apparently they bite in a pretty straight line of 3 bites-the doctor called it “breakfast, lunch, and dinner”.)
This was 10 years ago and I’m still kind of traumatized by it. I suppose the bright side is that if I was anywhere with bedbugs I would know instantly because of the welts that I get if they bite me.
I immediately moved out, I washed and dried everything that I could. Some of my clothes got destroyed in the dryer and I didn’t even care. The rest of my stuff sat in my car for a week baking in the summer sun. My TV got destroyed but it was better than bringing bugs into my mom’s, who was kind enough to let me escape to her place.
Severe #bedbug infestation spreads through Coolidge Corner condo building - #Brookline.News https://brookline.news/severe-bedbug-infestation-spreads-through-coolidge-corner-condo-building/
A severe bedbug infestation in a condominium complex near Coolidge Corner has been festering for weeks, leaving residents frustrated and alarmed at the situation, and at the slow process of fixing the problem through the health department and the courts. As many as 100,000 bedbugs are living in a condo in the Concorde Condominium complex… Read More »Severe bedbug infestation spreads through Coolidge Corner condo building …
Oh my God this is horrendous. An eleven year old girl was killed when her neighbour tried to treat a #bedbug infestation with illegally imported poison gas. Yes this was a terrible and negligent decision but I can't help feeling part of the blame lies with the landlord for providing poor housing conditions and failing to treat the infestation.
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