Study Finds Bed Bug Foggers Worsen Problem

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A study released by researchers at The Ohio State University showed foggers that claim to target bed bugs may be useless, 10TV News reported on Thursday.

The study released in the Journal of Economic Entomology said that researchers tested three major foggers available at hardware stores.

The foggers were Hot Shot, which claimed on the label to kill bedbugs, along with Spectracide and Eliminator brands.

Associate Professor of Entomology Susan Jones said that researchers found the bed bugs were not dying even when directly exposed to the chemicals.

Jones said that the foggers were shown to make the bed bug problem even worse by irritating the bug and causing them to scatter.

"So, they will get into adjacent apartments rather than stay in that one apartment. Or, rather than being in the bedroom they will move to the bathroom, the kitchen and makes the problem much worse," Jones said.

Jones said the best advice if you have a bed bug problem is to hire a licensed pest management professional.

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