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Police are investigating intentional release of bed bugs at Walmart – The Media Hq

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The police in Pennsylvania are investigating a deliberate release of bed bugs in a Walmart.

A manager in the Washington Township store contacted the authorities after an employee discovered a closed pill bottle with live insects in the mens dressing room on Thursday, Go Erie reported.

The container was hidden in a boys jacket that was for sale in the store.

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After both the coat and the bottle had been thrown away, Walmart contacted hygiene company Ecolab, which the next day sent a technician to scan the store.

The technician found a number of bugs crawling around the fitting room and confirmed that they were bed bugs.

Then another Walmart employee found a second closed bottle on Saturday, this time at a belt display, with a number of dead bed bugs.

The police collected that bottle to analyze for fingerprints and combs images of store surveillance; no arrests have yet been made.

I hope its not a joke from an employee. It sounds as if two separate employees found two separate bottles two days in a row, trooper Cindy Schick told the New York Times.

We have not had other bed bug incidents in our area, she added.

As their name suggests, bed bugs are small parasites that usually live in mattresses and bed frames and feed on sleeping people by biting and sucking their blood. However, they can be transferred to clothing or luggage.

They do not spread disease, but their bites cause itchy stretch marks and therefore sleep problems. They can go without food for months and the longer an infection is not checked, the harder it is to get rid of it.

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Some Monster Released A Bottle Of Live Bed Bugs Inside A Walmart Which Means Im Never Stepping Foot In There Again – BroBible

Thinking back to childhood, Im pretty sure I lived with a constant fear of accidentally ingesting mind-altering drugs that would leave me comatose. From the time my school started us on the D.A.R.E. program in 4th or 5th grade I was convinced that some evil drug lord was going to rub LSD all over a handrail at a theme park, or on food at the grocery store.

Then I grew up, actually tried those drugs, and realized that nobody in possession of large quantities of psychedelics would ever waste them on complete strangers because that shits hard to find these days.

But the same fear applies here. Of stepping into an otherwise safe situation only to discover that youve wandered into Dantes 7th Ring of Hell. Sure, you always have to be a little bit on guard when you enter a Walmart. Even more so here in Florida where a dude on bath salts could try and eat your face at any point. But this shit should be considered an act of war under the Geneva Convention.

According to CNN, a man entered a Walmart in Edinboro, Pennsylvania armed with a bottle full of live bedbugs and released the blood-sucking monsters inside of the mens changing room to wreak havoc on shoppers. Living in NYC for nearly a decade, the fear of a bed bugs attack always outweighed a terrorist attack or getting stabbed by a bum on the subway.

In fact, those latter two pretty much never crossed my mind aside from the times there were terror alerts or I accidentally stepped into an almost-empty subway cart to find a passed out bum with his manhood hanging out and pants around his ankles. It was always the bed bugs that scared me because it meant you had to pretty much uproot your life. Sanitize everything you own. Get your shitty ass landlord to comply and bring in special exterminators. A total nightmare.

Heres the story from CNN:

A manager at the store in Edinboro found a closed pill bottle with live bugs crawling inside and reported it to authorities Thursday, police said in a release. The bottle was found inside a boys jacket which was for sale. We take this seriously and are looking into this, a Walmart spokesperson told CNN. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement on their investigation. On Friday, health safety company Ecolab confirmed that the insects were bedbugs. An Ecolab employee also reported seeing bedbugs crawling around the mens changing rooms the same day, according to police. A Walmart employee later found a second closed pill bottle containing dead bedbugs in the mens department, police said. Edinboro is in the northwest corner of the state, near Erie. A third-party pest management service has visited the store and we are working with them to assess next steps, the Walmart spokesperson said. In the meantime, we have blocked off the impacted area. (via)

As if I needed another reason to stay away from Walmart Im getting itchy just reading that story. Im pretty certain that anything I need from Walmart I can buy online at this point and my house is closer to Lowes anyway.

I simply will not be able to ever step foot inside a Walmart again without thinking about some asshole somewhere releasing multiple bottles of blood-sucking bedbugs inside of the store just to be an asshole.

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Toronto first on list of Canada’s top cities for bed bugs in 2019 – REMI Network – Real Estate Management Industry Network

Larger cities and travel centres saw significant bed bug sightings in 2019, according to Orkin Canadas third annual list of top bed bug cities.

Infestations were prevalent across the country, from federal buildings to private homes. Orkin reports in the past twenty years the pests have gone from a rarely experienced irritant to a major problem, thriving in both clean and dirty homes.

The findings are based on the number of commercial and residential bed bug treatments carried out by the company between the period of January 1 December 31, 2019.

This years top ten bed bug cities are:

Bed bugs can be identified by noticing tiny dark coloured stains, cast skins or live bugs. The most effective places to look for bed bugs is on mattress tags and seams, under seat cushions, behind headboards, creases of drawers, buckling wallpaper and carpets.

Careful examination of bags and clothing, drying potentially infested bed linens or clothing on the highest heat setting and inspecting all second-hand furniture before bringing it into your home are ways to prevent hitchhiking bed bugs.

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Vancouver ranked third most popular city for bed bugs in Canada in 2019 – Vancouver Sun

An annual ranking of top Canadian cities for bedbugs has been released and Vancouver has itched its way into third place.Mark van Manen / Vancouver Sun

An annual ranking of Canadian cities for bedbugs shows Vancouver has itched its way into third place.

On the 2019 list released by Orkin Canada, Vancouver is bested only by Toronto in first place and Winnipeg in second. St. Johns follows in fourth and Ottawa in fifth.

The only other B.C. city to make it to the top 25 is Burnaby, coming in at 19.

As in previous years rankings, larger cities and travel hot spots populated the top of the list, with bed bugs reported in both clean and dirty homes, and office buildings. According to the pest control experts, bed bugs were a rarely experienced irritant just 20 years ago, but have become a common problem in urban centres.

Signs of a bed bug infestation include tiny, dark coloured spots or stains or cast skins. The critters are often spotted in and around mattress tags or in seams, under seat cushions, behind headboards, creases of furniture, buckling wallpaper and carpets.

The ranking is based on the number of commercial and residential bed bug treatments carried out by the company between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019.

1. Toronto2. Winnipeg3. Vancouver4. St. Johns5. Ottawa6. Scarborough7. Halifax8. Oshawa9. Sudbury10. Hamilton11. Windsor12. Edmonton13. Montreal14. North York15. Moncton16. Calgary17. Mississauga18. Etobicoke19. Burnaby20. Whitby21. London22. Saskatoon23. Peterborough24. Nepean25. Dartmouth

When travelling, dont put clothing or luggage on the bed, which allows the bugs, if present, to climb in.

Use metal luggage racks to keep suitcases off the carpet and away from walls or wooden furniture. (The bugs cant climb metal surfaces very well.)

Use plastic bags to pack clothing. This prevents the spread of bed bugs if they do happen to hitch a ride in your suitcase.

Its rare but bed bugs can thrive not just in hotels, but also on airplane and train seats, buses and rental cars.

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Police probe release of bed bugs in Edinboro Walmart – TribLIVE

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