Research confirms bed bugs more widespread in areas with lower incomes, higher evictions – News Item

Scientists have long suspected that poorer neighborhoods are disproportionately afflicted by bed bugs. But since most bedbug data is self-reported, they couldnt be sure.

So they turned to third-party numbers instead and found associations between social inequality and bed bug infestations.

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