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How To Get Rid of Bed Bugs
Environmental Pest Control explains the DO #39;s and DONT #39;s of fighting a bed bug infestation. Many people try to eradicate the problem by utilizing professional methods themselves. This can become very dangerous. Paul Terhart, owner of Environmental Pest Control, explains what the best methods are for treating this ongoing issue and how we will give every person the best advice we can regardless of whether or not they choose us, or try to resolve the problem themselves. We pride ourselves on our knowledge of Pest Control and gladly share these tips with every potential customer to help keep them safe throughout the process. For more information, please visit http://www.environmentalpestcontrol.ca

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Bed Bugs K-9 Detection
Paul Terhart, owner of Environmental Pest Control, talks about the importance of K-9 Detection in Pest Control. By using this service, Pest Control Specialists are able to find the source of the Bed Bug problem and determine how severe the infestation is. As the first company in Canada to utilize K-9 Detection services, Environmental Pest Control has had many years experience with these well trained dogs and feels it is the best method for assessing an infestation and providing the most affective treatment possible. All treatments used are 100% environmentally safe and will not compromise the safety of the customer in any way. For more information, please visit http://www.environmentalpestcontrol.ca

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What lengths would you go to cut costs? Would you reuse your tea bags or not flush your toilet?

Those suggestions and more were offered up when The Globe and Mail asked readers to share the weirdest things they do to save money. Its expensive to be part of the rat race, but Globe readers have come up with creative ways to save money at work.

I collect Stouffers entree boxes from my work's recycle bin to collect reward points that other people discarded. I have collected a few $10 grocery gift cards just from being a garbage digger. Ah, don't tell my boss that I patrol the kitchen's recycle bin during office hours, writes a Richmond Hill, Ont., reader, whose identity we are protecting from her boss.

Sandy, a reader in Coquitlam, B.C., says she rides her bike to work to save on car expenses and to keep fit without paying for a gym membership. Not so strange, right?

But I also shower at work, she adds. Therefore, I'm using the company's hot water, soap, shampoo, conditioner, body lotion and electricity for my hair dryer instead of my own.

Its great when you can save on personal hygiene, but can it be taken too far? One reader said she uses mayonnaise as a hair conditioner and face cream.

Another, Kurstyn in Dartmout, N.S., uses olive oil: I use it as a body moisturizer, a bath oil, an eye-makeup remover, a face mask, a hair mask and a face moisturizer. I even mix it with a little bit of castor oil and use it as a cleanser. The possibilities are endless!

Kurstyn adds that baking soda makes a fine exfoliant, teeth whitener, dry shampoo and face mask.

Out of perfume? Connie in Toronto has a suggestion: I used kitchen vanilla as a perfume once when I had run out. Its living like the old folks back home did cause they remembered the Depression and eating squirrels and armadillos.

Okay then! Food does add up, and Globe readers have some suggestions for saving there as well.

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'Inspect it for bed bugs,' and other tips for saving money

TORONTO, Nov. 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Magical Restoration the newest division of Magical Pest Control, introduces an innovative new mold treatment to the Canadian mold and disaster restoration industry.

After successfully using patented ThermaPureHeat technology to exterminate bed bugs across Ontario, Magical has opened a new division focused on using this innovative technology to eliminate mold in residential and commercial properties.

"ThermaPureHeat has proven to be an eco-friendly and efficient method of treating mold and water damage, as well as lingering odours. As such, it is the chosen method of treatment that will be used by Magical Restoration," says Mark Joseph, President and Founder of Magical Restoration.

ThermaPureHeat kills bacteria and harmful pathogens using a non-invasive process called structural pasteurization. This heat-based process allows Magical Restoration to eliminate harmful properties of mold without causing damage to a home or business, ensuring that the property remains as unaffected as possible during the mold elimination process. This heat process has also been proven to sterilize and eliminate dampness. Due to its drying properties, ThermaPureHeat helps prevent future mold development by drying damp areas that are prone to growing mold. This two-pronged approach, involving the elimination of mold and prevention of future growth, is what makes ThermaPureHeat such a powerful and effective treatment.

Magical Restoration pairs ThermaPureHeat technology with Calbrite, an eco-friendly, industry-leading cleaning solution. Calbrite's gentle but effective formula allows Magical Restoration's trained mold extraction teams to remove every last trace of mold residue after the heat treatment process is completed.

With ThermaPureHeat and Calbrite, Magical Restoration is committed to offering the best and safest mold removal and remediation treatments available. This commitment extends to hiring highly-trained technicians and offering effective treatments that contribute to a sustainable planet. Both ThermaPureHeat and Calbrite are certified as environmentally-friendly. As a division of the Magical team, Magical Restoration endeavours to provide the same top-notch service that clients have come to expect from the Magical brand over the past 15 years.

Magical Restoration's service area currently extends to all of Southern Ontario.

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As bedbugs continue their bloodsucking scourge on Toronto currently targeting Ryerson University residences a new U.S. study shows that natural fungus is an effective way of killing the critters.

There are eight confirmed cases of bedbugs at Ryerson, with most students living at the International Living and Learning Centre (ILLC) and a few in the Pitman Hall residence.

The rooms are being carefully treated by pest control experts, said Chad Nuttall, manager of student housing services at the university. They will inspect and reinspect the rooms until they are bedbug-free.

Affected students have been relocated to a temporary space in the ILLC while their rooms are treated, which usually takes two weeks but can be longer depending on the severity of the situation.

Our students are our top priority and we are working very hard to resolve this issue for them and have them back into their dorms as soon as possible, Nuttall said.

The university provides information to students and parents on bed bug prevention during parent sessions, Nuttall said.

But new research could end the battle against bedbugs. According to a team of entomologists at Penn State University, the parasites have met their match in a fungus called Beauveria bassiana, which grows naturally in soils and causes disease in insects.

As part of the study, published in the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, researchers used paper and cotton jersey, commonly used in bedsheets. On one set they sprayed fungal spores, a biopesticide, and on the other blank oil.

After the surfaces were dry, bedbugs were added for one hour.

All the bugs exposed to the biopesticide died within five days. More importantly, infected bugs carried the fungal spores back to their hiding places, infecting nearly all of the other bugs.

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Fungus may take bite out of bedbugs