Presentation by Doreen Blades, President
of US Eco Corporation
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What are bed bugs?
What do they look like?
Where are they likely to hide?
Why have they come back in such magnitude?
Possible solutions
Question and Answers
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About 648,000 results (0.23 seconds)
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Nytimes.com
Early show CBS
WSJ.com
dailyfinance.com
Msnbc
Fox 25 News Bed Bug Epidemic
Bed Bugs Make Coast-To-Coast Comeback | NBC 4i
Aug 19, 2010 ... Cities are reporting infestations and it's not
just a bed problem. Bed bugs are being found in offices,
restaurants and movie theaters. ...
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http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/28/15518401bedbug-cure-may-be-worse-than-the-bite-health-officialswarn?lite
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Common Bed Bugs or Cimex lectularius have been
around for centuries and have been referred to in
literature since Aristotle. Many of you remember
the lyrics “Sleep tight don’t let the bed bugs bite”
Bed bugs are small brownish flattened insects
without wings and “suction cup” feet. They do not
build nests like ants, or other insects, but like to
travel by scurrying across floors, in heating ducts
and electrical outlets, natural hitchhikers.
They feed on warm blooded animals, but prefer
humans as we do not have much hair/fur.
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The adult female bed bug will lay from 1 to 2
eggs a day if the temperature is between 70°
and 80° more or less depending on the
temperature. The eggs hatch quickly in 1 to 2
weeks.
Bed bugs can live for up to a year without a
meal.
Bed bugs are active at night when people are
sleeping and hide out close to their next meal
during the day.
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As of today it appears bed bugs do not transmit
diseases. Further studies are being conducted. Per
Journal of American Medical Association
Common problems are itchy bites and sometimes they
become infected from scratching. Not all people will
react to the bed bug bite.
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Many more people are traveling to far off
locations where they were never eradicated.
Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe
Immigration has increased
Pesticides such as DDT are no longer being
used.
They are becoming resistant to current
Pesticides' being used.
People have not had to look for them in the
recent past allowing them to multiply and
spread
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Everywhere!!
High end hotels, dorms, apartments, theaters,
Retail shops, furniture stores, schools, daycare,
buses, trains….
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If you suspect an infestation act quickly!
Inspect books that are returned. Bed bugs are hitchhikers
they like to hide in the spine of a book.
Do a bed bug check when staying in a hotel or motel. Look
behind the headboard, look on the mattress specifically the
seams and box spring for tell tale signs (feces, eggs, bugs)
Be diligent when traveling. Keep the luggage off the floor or
bed. Stay away from the drapes in the hotel room.
Wash clothes in hot water or put in dryer for 20 minutes
when returning from a trip.
Clean the luggage after a trip carry a plastic bag for your
luggage.
Use mattress and box spring encasements
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Bed bug traps and/or detectors
Bed bug sniffing dogs (must be continually
trained)
Pesticides
Pesticide Free treatments
Heat treatment for building only use a
qualified exterminator with experience
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bedbugs
/DS00663
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts
/ef636.asp
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publications
/bb_guidelines/files/bb_guidelines_bbID.pdf
www.epa.gov/bedbugs
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/bedbugs/faqs.
html
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Accurate Termite & Pest Control, inc, Nancy
Cox, Owner http://www.accuratepest.biz/
http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/envi
ronmental/sanitation/bedbugs-faq.pdf
http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publichealt
h/insects/bedbug.html
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?art
icleid=183643
wwww.bedbugregistry.com
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Thank you
 Doreen Blades
 US Eco Products, Corporation
 doreen@usecoproducts.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/doreenblades
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