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CONCIERGE
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BEATING
THE BED BUGS
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by SUZANNE WALES
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Question: What has six legs, two antennae and could provoke a six-figure lawsuit? Answer: Bed Bugs, Cimex lectularius, which are on the rise, mainly due to a combination of increased global travel and more species-targeted pesticides (the cockroach spray won’t terminate the lectularius). In April 2009, the US Environmental Protection Agency held its first Bed Bug Summit. Whilst this may seem like an overreaction to the annoying little critters, consider this: In early 2007 opera singer Alison Trainer sued the Hilton Hotels Group to the tune of six million US dollars for bites she claimed she received during a six-night stay at the Phoenix Hilton Suites. So, what to do about them? The EPA recommends more training for hotel owners and staff in how to deal with the problem and a bed bug certification system for Pest Control Operators. Other solutions include a carbon dioxide spray which will freeze them to death. But before you go that far, get a dog. Specially-trained canine sniffer dogs can, claims New York-based Advanced K9 Detectives, nose out bed bugs in an average-sized hotel in less than two minutes. |
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