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Detroit, 3 other Michigan cities ranked among worst for bed bugs

Detroit, 3 other Michigan cities ranked among worst for bed bugs

Four Michigan cities were ranked among the worst cities for bed bugs in 2024. Orkin released its annual list of the bed-buggiest cities in the U.S., a list that includes 50 cities and metro areas. The bed bug cities list is based on treatment data from the metro areas where Orkin performed the most bed bug treatments from Dec. 1, 2022 – Nov. 30, 2023. The ranking includes both residential and commercial treatments. Chicago ranked as the worst bed bug city for the fourth year in a […]

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Unusual Odor Could Mean Bed Bugs in Your House

Unusual Odor Could Mean Bed Bugs in Your House

You might even be able to tell if you have an infestation due to the smell.  “One of the strongest signs of a bedbug infestation is an unusual odour with no other obvious cause,” says The Mirror. “This is often described as a musty, sweet smell.”  Dodson Pest Control explains: “Bed bugs can smell different to different people. Many people report smelling coriander, but another common description is the scent of spoiled raspberries. “Others report a strong acidic scent or that of almonds or marzipan. If you notice […]

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Pictured: Girl, 11, who died ‘after neighbour tried to eliminate bedbugs and poisonous gas drifted into her home’

Pictured: Girl, 11, who died 'after neighbour tried to eliminate bedbugs and poisonous gas drifted into her home'

By Rebecca Camber Crime And Security Editor 19:24 17 Jan 2024, updated 19:24 17 Jan 2024 A girl of 11 who died when a poisonous chemical allegedly used by a neighbour to tackle bedbugs drifted into her home was named yesterday for the first time. Fatiha Sabrin was poisoned when a neighbour allegedly scattered toxic chemical pellets around her flat in Shadwell, east London, in a bid to tackle an infestation of bed bugs. Yesterday the schoolgirl at the centre of the extraordinary poisoning case was named […]

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3 young siblings laid to rest after dying from suspected bedbug fumigation in Asawase

3 young siblings laid to rest after dying from suspected bedbug fumigation in Asawase

Three young siblings have been laid to rest after they reportedly died from a fumigation exercise against bedbugs in their room by an uncle in Asawase, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The funeral rites of the deceased, Mary Magdelene Afua Frans (8 years old), Christian Nana Benin Jacob Frans (5 years old), and Judith Ekua Frans (11 years old) was held on Saturday, January 13, 2024. It was a sorrowful and solemn moment for family and sympathizers who thronged the funeral grounds at Asawase […]

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Bed bugs are all over Hamilton

Bed bugs are all over Hamilton

Bedbugs are all over Hamilton — but you’re likely never to know where they are hiding, unless one of them hitches a ride home with you and moves in. Despite receiving more than 1,500 complaints in the last seven years, the city says it has no obligation to reveal to the public where bedbugs are found — even in city-owned facilities. × Already a Subscriber? Sign in Earlier this year, Hamilton ranked No. 10 on Orkin Canada’s annual list of cities with the most bedbugs. The ranking […]

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Family forced to leave home after making grim discovery in New Year nightmare | UK | News

Family forced to leave home after making grim discovery in New Year nightmare | UK | News

Stacey Williams, 34, and her husband and daughters were moved into a council house in Blackwood, South Wales, earlier this year after spending months in temporary accommodation. Thrilled to be in their new home, Stacey and her husband unpacked their belongings and went to bed – before waking up just two hours later, covered in bedbugs. Terrified, the couple contacted the Caerphilly County Borough Council first thing the next morning, and were moved to a hostel for a week, before the council found them an alternative property. […]

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Carolyn Hax: Son’s pushy new wife ‘overreacted’ to bedbugs, right?

Carolyn Hax: Son’s pushy new wife ‘overreacted’ to bedbugs, right?

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Jan. 15, 2010, and Sept. 2, 2009. Dear Carolyn: Both of our sons came home for Thanksgiving with their families. We put up our older son and his family in a hotel and had our younger son, his new (second) wife and their 5-month-old baby stay in our basement guest room. How I wish I had switched! On Friday morning, the new wife said she had bug bites. I […]

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Bedbug menace sparks nationwide fear [REWIND 2023]

Workers from the state-run train operator Korail disinfect subway trains in Guro District, western Seoul, on Nov. 14 amid an alarming rise of suspected bedbug cases in the country. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Workers from the state-run train operator Korail disinfect subway trains in Guro District, western Seoul, on Nov. 14 amid an alarming rise of suspected bedbug cases in the country. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]   Public fear of bedbugs surged in Korea after reports of local infestations spiked late this year.   Bedbugs reportedly reappeared in the country in a jjimjilbang, or Korean bathhouse, in Incheon on Oct. 13. The pests, which survive up to 100 days without feeding, can leave a bright red rash accompanied by itches on […]

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Experts warn about an alarming increase of a skin-crawling pest in the coming decades — here’s what you should know

Experts warn about an alarming increase of a skin-crawling pest in the coming decades — here’s what you should know

In today’s News That Will Make You Itch, pollution and the use of pesticides have likely led to a rise in bedbugs, according to experts. One U.K. pest control company, Rentokil, warned that bedbug infestations increased 65% from 2022 to 2023. What is happening? “Bedbugs are everywhere,” wrote London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine professor of medical entomology James Logan in the Guardian. Professor Logan attributes the rise in bedbugs to a couple of factors. For one, bedbugs are now resistant to most commonly used insecticides, […]

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From bedbugs to bomb hoaxes, should tourists avoid Paris? I live in the city and here’s the reality

From bedbugs to bomb hoaxes, should tourists avoid Paris? I live in the city and here's the reality

From bedbugs to bomb hoaxes, should you avoid visiting Paris? Local resident Caroline Harrap argues not. ADVERTISEMENT There’s a joke in certain circles, that whenever something goes wrong in Paris, we blame Emily. I think you know of whom I speak. Ever since the Netflix hit show ‘Emily in Paris’ portrayed the city as some sort of picture-perfect paradise, airbrushed to within an inch of its life, it’s been one thing after another. In short, Emily jinxed us. From strikes and bedbugs to bomb hoaxes, travellers could […]

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