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Bed Bug Awareness Poor Among US Travelers, But Reactions Are Strong – PCT Magazine

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. Most business and leisure travelers in the United States cant identify a bed bug, and yet the pest evokes a stronger response in hotel guests than any other potential room deficiency.

Considering all the media attention paid to bed bugs in recent years, the fact that most travelers still have a poor understanding of them is troubling, says Michael Potter, Ph.D., extension professor in UKs Department of Entomology and co-author of the study.

It is particularly problematic given the central role that online reviews play in travelers selection of where to stay. Even just one erroneous review could unduly harm a hotels reputation, as more than half of survey respondents said they would be very unlikely to choose a hotel with a single online report of bed bugs. Other findings include:

DALLAS, Texas Rex Jennings, the longtime chief operating officer of PestSure, passed away May 9 at his home in Dallas, Texas. He was 72.

In 1986, Jennings began running PestSure, an insurance association specializing in covering pest control operators. He led the program for more than 23 years.

When Bob Sameth and I hired Rex Jennings to run PestSure, our insurance company captive, we not only got a terrific executive but gained a wonderful, lifelong friend, said Victor Hammel, the former chairman of Rentokil North America and a founder of PestSure. But we were not the only ones in that category. At his funeral in Dallas, there were about 600 people who all considered Rex to be among their closest friends.

Jennings was born May 23, 1944, in Paris, Texas. After attending Baylor University and earning a BBA in 1966, he earned a MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.

An avid sport fan, Jennings was known for his ability to recite even the most obscure team trivia accompanied with an anecdote, Hammel said. Friends and family also noted his storytelling ability, kindness and honesty.

PestSure COO Todd Burke, who worked with Jennings for 10 years and succeeded him in 2011, said he considered Jennings like a dad and a true mentor.

Rex dedicated 23 years of his career exclusively towards making PestSure successful, Burke said. He was highly intelligent, trustworthy, always did the right thing, cared about people, was well-liked and always made the best decisions to protect the longevity of the PestSure program. I consider myself to be very fortunate to have the opportunity to carry on his legacy with PestSure.

Russ Ives, president of Rose Pest Solutions and current PestSure president, said Jennings was a major contributor to the growth of the company.

He believed in our industry, made many friends in his 23 years of service to it, and upon his retirement, left behind a uniquely successful and reputable insurance captive that is today recognized in the Bermuda Captive Hall of Fame, Ives said.

Jennings and his wife of 47 years, Sue, were members of the Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas. He is survived by Sue, his daughter and son, and three grandchildren. A memorial service was held May 15.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina The annual Jornadas Tecnicas conference, organized by Chemotecnica Argentina, gave more than 800 attendees insight about the professionalization of the pest control sector.

The conference, held May 3-4, has been taking place for 14 years. Most participants came from Argentina, but others traveled from Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.

The purpose of the conference is to assist in the training and acquisition of technical, marketing and commercial knowledge for pest control professionals, while also maintaining ethical and environmental standards.

A workshop on IPM in the Food Industry also took place on the first day of the conference as part of a series of complimentary activities associated with the multi-day event.

On the second day, there was an international meeting on dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and challenges in the control of Aedes aegypti. This meeting was organized by the Mundo Sano Foundation, and more than 130 people attended, including officials from areas affected by mosquito-borne illnesses and researchers in the private pest control sector.

Following up on the symposium held in 2016, a meeting of Latin American associations also was organized, in which experiences of pest management professionals in the United States were discussed. (Visit the PCT website to watch a video recap the organizers created of the event.)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Terminix released its ranking of the 20 most mosquito-infested cities across the nation. Cities in Texas, Florida and Georgia took the top spots this year.

Terminix examined service data from branches across the country between April 1, 2016 and April 1, 2017 to determine the areas where customers are most pestered by mosquitoes.

Texas earned the honor of the top three spots on the list, followed closely by Florida and Tennessee. The full list of the top 20 cities is:

Mosquitoes can take the buzz out of outdoor fun, and Terminix is committed to defending our customers yards, homes and businesses against these pests, said Paul Curtis, director of technical and regulatory services with Terminix. We want summer enthusiasts to know they dont need to tolerate these pests there are options to beat the buzz and help keep mosquitoes out of your summer plans.

PCTs Distance Learning Center continues to expand with the addition of Bayers Temprid FX label training module. These and other label training modules are the centerpiece of PCTs Distance Learning Center a FREE service for the professional pest control market provided by PCT.

Created by Board Certified Entomologist and consultant Stoy Hedges, the courses use photographs, video clips and reference materials to challenge users knowledge, experience and problem-solving skills for a wide range of products and pest problems.

Accessible by PC, tablet or smartphone, Distance Learning Center training is presented in modules designed to take a half-hour to an hour to complete. Their brevity gives individuals the opportunity to fit this education in whenever their schedules allow even during breaks or lunchtime.

Visit https://training.pctonline.com to get started, and return frequently as new label training modules are being added monthly.

WESTCHESTER, N.Y. Anticimex announced its acquisition of R&K Pest Control, a family-owned company. R&K Pest Control provides pest control and termite control solutions for residential and commercial properties in and around Westchester County, N.Y. The acquisition was made by Anticimexs subsidiary Bug Doctor.

The acquisition follows Anticimexs purchase of GreenStar and forms part of its strategy to expand in the U.S. market via both organic growth and acquisitions.

Commenting on the purchase, Stuart Aust, president of Bug Doctor, said, The acquisition of R&K Pest Control will increase route density and our overall footprint in New York and parts of Connecticut. Both of our cultures line up extremely well. Everyone is excited about the acquisition.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Harvey Logan, longtime executive vice president of the Pest Control Operators of California (PCOC), died on May 18. Logan began his role as EVP in 1983 at PCOC, which was then located in Los Angeles. He was instrumental in the professionalization of the association for the betterment and protection of the industry in California.

Logan spearheaded the move of the PCOC headquarters to Sacramento and led the effort to purchase and build the PCOC building on Beacon Ave. Harvey was the heartbeat of PCOC until his retirement in 2007 and even then he remained actively engaged in the protection of our industry, said PCOC President Mike Bullert. Perhaps more than his professional achievements, Harvey will be remembered as a dear friend to all that knew him.

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News – Bedbugs Are Back in Michigan – Rose Pest Solutions

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Critters' irritating bite makes sleeping tight tough Detroit -- It started in February when Debra Miller, who works as a caregiver, noticed dozens of red welts on the body of a man she cares for in the Griswold Senior Apartments complex. "We didn't understand what was going on," Miller said. "At first we thought it was the soap. Then we thought it was the fabric softener. Finally, I held up a magnifying glass and saw that something was digging into his skin."

It was bedbugs. And the man's apartment was infested with them.

A resident shows recent bedbug bites at the Griswold Senior Apartments in Detroit. Bedbugs have been spreading in Michigan. (Photo by Robin Buckson / The Detroit News; Detroit) The minuscule blood suckers -- once essentially eradicated in the United States -- have made an explosive comeback. Evidence of their return first showed up in coastal cities of New York and Los Angeles more than a decade ago and, since then, they have spread throughout the nation. Living in walls and mattresses, they can go a year without a blood meal. They come out at night, feasting on blood and leaving ugly welts.

The good news is they don't carry diseases, but they're resistant to modern pesticides and are adept hitchhikers, stowing away in suitcases, pant seams or inside the keys of laptop computers. State health officials put together a task force this year because of the growing number of complaints.

"It's the biggest can of worms I've ever set my foot into," said Erik Foster, medical entomologist with the Michigan Department of Community Health. "Education is a huge issue. A lot of people still don't know they're out there and how they're transmitted. By the time they know they have bedbugs, they've got a pretty healthy infestation."

The first guide for residents, apartment managers and health officials on how to identify and treat the problem is expected to be issued in about a month. Foster expects it to be around 70 pages thick.

"The message we're trying to share is it's not a pest anyone should feel embarrassed or any shame about," said Missy Henriksen, vice president of public affairs for the National Pest Management Association. "If people would immediately bring in a trained and licensed professional at the first sign of the infestation, it would really help eradicate the problem."

No community is immune Miller, who lives in the Griswold apartments, has been battling the pests, the apartment management company and sometimes even other residents for months. She's not alone. The bugs are now just about everywhere, said Mark "Shep" Sheperdigian, an entomologist with the extermination company Rose Pest Solutions in Troy. Back in 2002, the company may have received three or four calls, Sheperdigian said. Now, it's in the hundreds. And the numbers continue to grow.

"It's not just the big communities," Sheperdigian said. "Smaller communities as well are starting to feel the pinch. There's no real explanation why they're spreading so rapidly." Increased international travel and the 1972 ban of DDT are considered the two main reasons for the resurgence of the bedbugs, Henriksen said.

"We are hearing of significant bedbug infestation in every state. It's become a prominent global issue as well," she said.

The infestation has led to some creative detection and eradication efforts. High-end New York hotels have brought in trained bedbug-sniffing dogs and their handlers to identify infected rooms.

Heating method works best Last month, the Ohio Department of Agriculture asked the federal government for an emergency exemption to allow the use of Propoxur. The insecticide is used in commercial buildings, on crops and in flea and tick collars for pets. It was removed from home use in the 1990s and can cause nausea and vomiting if swallowed.

Here in Michigan, a few companies are using heat to blast the bugs into oblivion. Heaters brought into rooms raise the temperatures of everything in the room to around 130 degrees -- enough to kill all the life stages of the bedbugs but not hot enough to damage items. The process takes about six hours and can cost $1,000 a room.

It's the eradication method being used at the Griswold and, starting about six weeks ago, at Wayne State University apartment buildings when the need arises.

"We've been successful in keeping them out of the residence halls, but we do have them in our three apartment buildings," said Tim Michael, director of housing at Wayne State University. University officials established a protocol about three years ago involving monthly inspections and treatments.

About two months ago, the university switched from chemical sprays to the heater method of eradication. Michael is optimistic and said the heater method has been 100 percent effective. "It's become one of those things that university housing has to deal with," he said. "We have people coming from all over the country. It comes in their luggage. Everywhere people go, they go with you. We're just battling them."

Apartments and dorms are at the biggest risk for growing bedbug populations, Sheperdigian said. Hotels are too, because of the frequency of travelers coming in and out of rooms.

Proper disposal required Recontamination is common. Miller has seen residents whose apartments were recently treated open up a sealed bag filled with bedbug contaminated clothes and take items back into the apartment.

Wholesale dumping of infected items can further compound the problem. When cases first came up at Cathedral Tower, a Wayne State University-area high-rise, residents' items were thrown out into bins. People would then fish them out.

"The management was just throwing stuff in the Dumpsters," said Ted Phillips, executive director of the United Community Housing Coalition, a nonprofit providing housing-related services to Detroit residents.

"We were begging them not to do that."

"I've seen people take mattresses out of the Dumpster and bring them right back in the building," Miller said.

The coalition works with people such as Miller on rent and housing issues, helping people set up escrow accounts, into which they deposit rent money until management companies address the bedbug problem.

Steve Pardo - The Detroit News November 30, 2009

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Bed bugs pose particularly difficult problem in Central Illinois – Illinois News Network

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One Illinois region is not sleeping tight as a plague of bed bugs continues to bite.

The Springfield-Decatur-Champaign area ranked 30th on Orkins most recent "Top 50 Bed Bug Cities" list, which tracks where the pest control company conducts the most bed bug treatments. The region jumped 12 spots from last years list.

Kathy Wade, director of environmental health at Macon Health Department, couldn't say why the small, flat, brown bugs invaded the area, but noted they have been a growing problem all over the country.

At this point, it is widespread, Wade said. "They're being found everywhere, whether in an apartment, private residence high-rise, hotels motels they're being found everywhere. So, it's not just an isolated incident.

Wade said the problem is being compounded because some people are not reporting bed bugs to their landlords or are trying to deal with them on their own.

There's also this horrible stigma attached with bed bugs that your house is dirty, and that's why you have one, Wade said. The thing about bed bugs is they don't care who you are; they don't care if you're wealthy or poor ... they're just going to come wherever they can.

The best way to eradicate bed bugs is to use a professional exterminator, who often deploys a series of treatments that can cost several hundred dollars, which Wade said could be too much for some residents. Unfortunately, the health department does not receive outside funding to deal with bed bugs.

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Bed bugs are not carriers of any communicable disease, so I think due to that factor, [it] is why you see that there is no funding within the state of Illinois for this, Wade said.

Despite not receiving any outside funding, Wade and her department decided to take actions because they continued to get calls. Wade started the Bed Bug Coalition in late 2016, made up of business owners, organizational representatives and community members who meet monthly to discuss the bed-bug problem.

It's really turned out to be a great community effort for Decatur and Macon County, Wade said. Our last bed bug coalition meeting, we had landlords, we had thrifts shops coming, some of the [homeless] shelters, and every month the coalition grows.

The coalition produced two pamphlets about bed bugs and prevention methods and is planning a public information forum.

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The quickest way to bring a bed bug infestation home is by staying overnight in a hotel or motel.

The first step would be to search online using some form of bed bugs Arizona hotels. Usually this will produce a list of registries where consumers have reported bed bugs. If you find a location that you intend to stay atdont paniccall the location for verification and find out if they have a preventative program in place.

Upon arrival to your roomdo not unpack or place your luggage on the floor or bed. These are great locations for the critters to hitch a ride and you do not want to find out after the fact the room is infested.

Begin your inspection with the mattress, as this is the most common area for bed bugs. These critters tend to nest in close proximity to their food source (people). Gently remove the sheet and mattress pad inspecting the four corners of the mattress and box spring.

Another important place for bed bugs that is often overlooked is the luggage rack or valet. Inspect carefully, concentrating on cracks and crevices. Bed bugs maybe found on the luggage rack if they have come in on other travelers luggage.

If you want to do a more in-depth inspection:

Inspect along the edging, seams and other small areas of the mattress and box spring. Continue your inspection with the headboard. In most hotels the headboard is attached to the wall. Use a flashlight to look in the crack between the wall and the headboard. Using a blow dryer set to hot is a great way to draw the critters out of hiding. They are attracted to body heat when ready to feed.

Next inspect the furniture around the bed, and any pictures hanging on the wall. Bed bugs are known to hide behind framed pictures and around or on furniture. Make sure you inspect all the cracks and crevices of the night stand, including screw holes, joints and in the drawers. Once you have insured that these areas do not have bed bugs move on to other furniture in the room, especially upholstered chairs. As you are inspecting pay special attention to the seams.

If you find bed bugs in your hotel room remove your luggage and clothing immediately, notify the front desk and ask to be moved to a new room, which is not next door to the room where you found bed bugs. If possible moving to another hotel is the best option as bed bugs are great travelers and easily move from one room to another.

When staying overnight its a good idea to bring along a large plastic bag to put your dirty clothes into. Bed bugs can smell the chemical that we leave behind on our clothing and are attracted to this smell. Putting dirty clothing into a plastic bag will reduce the chance that you will get bed bugs on these items, and then bring them home with you.

If you stay overnight and are worried about bed bugs take precautions to reduce the risk of bringing bed bugs into your home. Immediately launder all the clothing you brought with you, or seal inside a plastic bag until it can be laundered. Running clothing items through a complete dryer cycle will produce enough heat to eradicate bed bugs.

Vacuum your suitcase, inside and out. Once you have finished vacuuming your suitcase immediately discard the contents of the vacuum in a plastic bag which can be sealed tightly shut and then put in the trash. The suitcase can then be stored inside a large plastic bag or box to insure, in the unlikely event that bed bugs did hitchhike, they cannot move from your suitcase into your home. Arizona residents are advised to seal luggage in clear plastic and leave out in the summer sun as a natural eradication method.

Footwear can be wiped down with hot water to reduce the risk of them being infested with bed bugs. Using a blow dryer set on high heat is very effective in drawing these critters out. Extended exposure to high heat above 125 degrees will eradicate bed bugs.

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From bedbugs to break-ins, Scarborough tenants demand change – CBC.ca

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Complaints of bed bugs, stoves that turn on by themselves, break-ins and a landlord that tenants say ignores their cries for help led to a protest that saw dozens of residents demanding to speak with property management on Saturday afternoon.

Chanting, placard-waving tenants are accusing mega-manager,RealstarGroup, of failing to maintain the safety and livability of theirScarboroughbuilding complex in the Oakridge area.

They claim the company has createdan atmosphere of aggression in the process.

Mohammed Rokonuzzaman, a tenant representative of the building and member of advocacy group ACORN, has a list of grievances he says aren't being addressed. (Keith Burgess/CBC)

Residents say management has tried to charge them an air-conditioning fee, has notbothered to keep up with maintenance requestsand has failed to adequately address vehicle break-ins.

Realstar, whichmanages $6 billion in assets and operates hotel chains and residences in Canada and the United Kingdom,denies the charges.

"The problem is getting severe," said Mohammed Rokonuzzaman, resident of the building and a member of theAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now, otherwise known as ACORN.

One tenant said he felt Realstar had created an atmosphere of 'systemic fear' in the building complex. (Keith Burgess/CBC)

ACORN, which bills itself as "an independent national organization of low- and moderate-income families,"helpedRokonuzzamanand other tenants organize Saturday's protest.

Amongst the thefts and pest problems, tenants say they have been called "rude"and"racist"by property managers, Rokonuzzaman alleges.

It's an attitude he sayscreates "systemic fear" for those living at 30 Denton Avenue.

Rokonuzzaman pointed totenants who he says have been sleeping on couches to avoid bedbugs, calling the conditions "miserable."

Other tenants at the protest agreed, chanting slogans with ACORN organizers.

Some, likeMohammad Ud-doula, think the management's treatment of tenants stands in the way of a friendly community.

One tenant had belongings wrapped in plastic bags in an effort to fend off bed bugs. (Keith Burgess/CBC)

"The main problem is their attitude towards us as tenants," said Ud-doula, who has lived in the building for nine years.

"More communication, more listening, and a better attitude" is needed from management, he added.

Ud-doula says residents asked management to place security cameras in the hallways on each floor to fight vandalism and theft, but says management refused, citing privacy issues.

Realstarsenior vice president Mark Hales told CBC Toronto on Saturday the company has done all they can to prevent break-ins, including the installation of 30 security cameras and new lights, hiring night security patrol and adding an electronic access system to the main entrance.

But of break-ins, Hales said, "unfortunately they can happen anywhere and we take them seriously."

A few dozen tenants gathered outside their apartment complex Saturday in a protest organized by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. (Keith Burgess/CBC)

Hales added he isn't currently aware of any outstanding maintenance problemsat the property.

'We have investigated and aren't aware of any issues of significance," he said.

ACORN organizers pointed to new apartment bylaws in the city, whichcame into effect July 1, as impetus for Realstar to take protesters' concerns seriously.

The bylaws, collectively called "RentSafeTO,"imposestandards for rental maintenance on managers that would compel them to carry out regular pest inspectionsand respond to service requests within a set timeframe.

Halessays Realstarstands by their staff at 30 Denton Avenue, but said lines of communication with tenants would be kept open.

"The residents are entitled to voice their concerns and we respect that," he said.

Tenants with complaints, Hales added, are"welcome to approach management office to discuss that."

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