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Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles...
From The TimesAugust 26, 2008 Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4608113.ece "Britons returning from their Bank Holiday break today may find they are not travelling alone, with research uncovered by The Times showing that there is an increase in the number of bedbugs sharing our trains, buses, planes and coaches. Rentokil, Britain's biggest pest control company, has seen a 40 per cent rise in the number of transport-related call-outs in the past year, with more than two thirds of infestations on public and private transport concerning bedbugs. The remainder are mostly biting insects, including fleas from cats and dogs. Cruise ships are having to deal with rats and cockroaches. Bedbugs thrive in small spaces and are commonly found in the creases of seats and seat-belt fastenings on buses, trains and aircraft. They have also been discovered in luggage holds where they hop from bag to bag, looking for a suitable place to settle Although the effects of their bite are rarely severe, they are irritating, unpleasant and in extreme cases, where the bedbug feeds on the host's blood for a long time, can result in anaemia. Savvas Othon, technical director at Rentokil, said: "The short turnaround times for planes and other forms of transport means they are sometimes not inspected as thoroughly as they used to be. What should happen is a good vacuum around the back of seats and in the creases of seats. Any small gap is ideal for a bedbug, which can go for quite some time without a meal." A rise in the number of people travelling, more use of cheap modes of transport and an increasingly mobile population have all contributed to the proliferation of bedbugs. Rentokil says that it has seen a 24 per cent increase in work related to airlines, a 51 per cent increase in road-related call-outs, a 59 per cent jump in the shipping sector and a 9 per cent rise on rail in the past 12 months, compared with the year before. "Bedbug infestations will continue to rise," Mr Othon said. "Delays at airports don't help as people sit in airport terminals, take things out of their bags and the bedbug jumps out and goes in search of another source of blood." David Cain, managing director of Bed-Bugs.co.uk, a dedicated bedbug obliteration service, said he was not surprised by the prevalence of bedbugs in transport upholstery and baggage areas. He said: "The number one reason for the spread of bedbugs is the lack of public awareness. People simply do not know how to detect them in the way they would have done in the 1950s and 1960s. "They are a problem on buses, trains and subway systems, and on cruise ships too - any form of transport where there is a high turnover, really. Recently, on an overground train in South London, I pulled at the parting of the upholstery and found at least four months of dirt and debris." Adult bedbugs, Cimex lectularius, once confined to cramped, insanitary living conditions, are about a quarter of an inch long and are easily seen with the naked eye. Light tan in colour, the wingless bug swells in size and turns reddish brown after feeding on blood. While some people do not react to bedbug bites, to the majority they are intensely itchy with a pale or white centre. It can range from a red swelling about the size of a 1p piece to 10 cm (almost 4 in) in diameter. Klaus Reinhardt, an entomology specialist at the University of Sheffield, said: "Some will display red swellings, others more systemic inflammatory responses like a swollen arm. In rarer cases some individuals might experience a bullous eruption, which is a liquid-filled bubble." / |
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Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles...
On Aug 25, 9:09*pm, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote: From The TimesAugust 26, 2008 Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4608113.ece "Britons returning from their Bank Holiday break today may find they are not travelling alone, with research uncovered by The Times showing that there is an increase in the number of bedbugs sharing our trains, buses, planes and coaches. Rentokil, Britain's biggest pest control company, has seen a 40 per cent rise in the number of transport-related call-outs in the past year, with more than two thirds of infestations on public and private transport concerning bedbugs. The remainder are mostly biting insects, including fleas from cats and dogs. Cruise ships are having to deal with rats and cockroaches. Bedbugs thrive in small spaces and are commonly found in the creases of seats and seat-belt fastenings on buses, trains and aircraft. They have also been discovered in luggage holds where they hop from bag to bag, looking for a suitable place to settle Although the effects of their bite are rarely severe, they are irritating, unpleasant and in extreme cases, where the bedbug feeds on the host's blood for a long time, can result in anaemia. Savvas Othon, technical director at Rentokil, said: "The short turnaround times for planes and other forms of transport means they are sometimes not inspected as thoroughly as they used to be. What should happen is a good vacuum around the back of seats and in the creases of seats. Any small gap is ideal for a bedbug, which can go for quite some time without a meal." A rise in the number of people travelling, more use of cheap modes of transport and an increasingly mobile population have all contributed to the proliferation of bedbugs. Rentokil says that it has seen a 24 per cent increase in work related to airlines, a 51 per cent increase in road-related call-outs, a 59 per cent jump in the shipping sector and a 9 per cent rise on rail in the past 12 months, compared with the year before. "Bedbug infestations will continue to rise," Mr Othon said. "Delays at airports don't help as people sit in airport terminals, take things out of their bags and the bedbug jumps out and goes in search of another source of blood." David Cain, managing director of Bed-Bugs.co.uk, a dedicated bedbug obliteration service, said he was not surprised by the prevalence of bedbugs in transport upholstery and baggage areas. He said: "The number one reason for the spread of bedbugs is the lack of public awareness. People simply do not know how to detect them in the way they would have done in the 1950s and 1960s. "They are a problem on buses, trains and subway systems, and on cruise ships too - any form of transport where there is a high turnover, really. Recently, on an overground train in South London, I pulled at the parting of the upholstery and found at least four months of dirt and debris." Adult bedbugs, Cimex lectularius, once confined to cramped, insanitary living conditions, are about a quarter of an inch long and are easily seen with the naked eye. Light tan in colour, the wingless bug swells in size and turns reddish brown after feeding on blood. While some people do not react to bedbug bites, to the majority they are intensely itchy with a pale or white centre. It can range from a red swelling about the size of a 1p piece to 10 cm (almost 4 in) in diameter. Klaus Reinhardt, an entomology specialist at the University of Sheffield, said: "Some will display red swellings, others more systemic inflammatory responses like a swollen arm. In rarer cases some individuals might experience a bullous eruption, which is a liquid-filled bubble." / There was a story in the newspaper about a major rental furniture company being sued for a customer's bed bugs, which were seemingly impossible to get rid. Anybody in the world seeing this who has a "bed bug" antidote...I'd like to know it Apparently, the micro-boogers adapt, hide and thrive in nooks and crannies. So, despite bug spray, Avon "stay so soft" (whatever it 's name), etal they SUPPOSEDLY can't be easily eliminated The person who invents or discovers how to eliminate 'em could get ....a civilian congressional medal and/or wealthy The furniture rental company apparently tried in futility I dunno how the lawsuit came out meanwhile: a list of possibile and off the wall antidotes tobacco juice tobasco saucejust kidding laser make the room cold as ice and/or warm as helle, and shut the door 24 hours spray that stuff that was outlawed years ago after Rachel Carson's bookj: DDT: "drop dead twice" ask Sierra Wilderness Environmentalist Club for emergency consultation extension agent wd-40 and duct tape those electronic wave things that probably don't really work but what the hay this is a plague thing nukes lysol or generic eqivalent mattress freshner sun light delightful smelly gasolene "insecticide" that's what we used to call it frogs birds hungry kitty borrow anteater from zoo |
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Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles...
On Aug 25, 10:01*pm, Robert Cohen wrote:
On Aug 25, 9:09*pm, "Gregory Morrow" wrote: From The TimesAugust 26, 2008 Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4608113.ece "Britons returning from their Bank Holiday break today may find they are not travelling alone, with research uncovered by The Times showing that there is an increase in the number of bedbugs sharing our trains, buses, planes and coaches. Rentokil, Britain's biggest pest control company, has seen a 40 per cent rise in the number of transport-related call-outs in the past year, with more than two thirds of infestations on public and private transport concerning bedbugs. The remainder are mostly biting insects, including fleas from cats and dogs. Cruise ships are having to deal with rats and cockroaches. Bedbugs thrive in small spaces and are commonly found in the creases of seats and seat-belt fastenings on buses, trains and aircraft. They have also been discovered in luggage holds where they hop from bag to bag, looking for a suitable place to settle Although the effects of their bite are rarely severe, they are irritating, unpleasant and in extreme cases, where the bedbug feeds on the host's blood for a long time, can result in anaemia. Savvas Othon, technical director at Rentokil, said: "The short turnaround times for planes and other forms of transport means they are sometimes not inspected as thoroughly as they used to be. What should happen is a good vacuum around the back of seats and in the creases of seats. Any small gap is ideal for a bedbug, which can go for quite some time without a meal." A rise in the number of people travelling, more use of cheap modes of transport and an increasingly mobile population have all contributed to the proliferation of bedbugs. Rentokil says that it has seen a 24 per cent increase in work related to airlines, a 51 per cent increase in road-related call-outs, a 59 per cent jump in the shipping sector and a 9 per cent rise on rail in the past 12 months, compared with the year before. "Bedbug infestations will continue to rise," Mr Othon said. "Delays at airports don't help as people sit in airport terminals, take things out of their bags and the bedbug jumps out and goes in search of another source of blood." David Cain, managing director of Bed-Bugs.co.uk, a dedicated bedbug obliteration service, said he was not surprised by the prevalence of bedbugs in transport upholstery and baggage areas. He said: "The number one reason for the spread of bedbugs is the lack of public awareness. People simply do not know how to detect them in the way they would have done in the 1950s and 1960s. "They are a problem on buses, trains and subway systems, and on cruise ships too - any form of transport where there is a high turnover, really. Recently, on an overground train in South London, I pulled at the parting of the upholstery and found at least four months of dirt and debris." Adult bedbugs, Cimex lectularius, once confined to cramped, insanitary living conditions, are about a quarter of an inch long and are easily seen with the naked eye. Light tan in colour, the wingless bug swells in size and turns reddish brown after feeding on blood. While some people do not react to bedbug bites, to the majority they are intensely itchy with a pale or white centre. It can range from a red swelling about the size of a 1p piece to 10 cm (almost 4 in) in diameter. |
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Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles...
Larry in AZ wrote: Waiving the right to remain silent, "Gregory Morrow" said: From The TimesAugust 26, 2008 Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4608113.ece Will the airlines begin to charge extra if you're caught transporting bedbugs..? How about Customs? |
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Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles...
On Aug 26, 3:14*pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote: Larry in AZ wrote: Waiving the right to remain silent, "Gregory Morrow" said: From The TimesAugust 26, 2008 Bedbugs thrive thanks to our busy lifestyles http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4608113.ece Will the airlines begin to charge extra if you're caught transporting bedbugs..? How about Customs? - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - clearing customs to get home to infest If to the satisfaction of the officer that the bedbug's accent ain't foreign, then no (night) sweat. |
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