bedbugs

• “Mr. OWENS: The thing about the bedbugs is that they don't carry disease.”

  NPR: Extreme Fight: Dogs, Chemicals Take On Bedbugs

• “MANHATTAN -- Park Avenue's Waldorf Astoria was sued for $13,000 last week by a Nassau County mother who alleged that her 6-year-old daughter picked up bedbugs from the highbrow hotel, the Wall Street Journal reported.”

  The Huffington Post: Waldorf Astoria Sued Over Bedbugs

• “However, the absolute insanity of a member of Congress remaining completely silent on one of the most critical causes of unemployment and instead focusing on bedbugs is staggering.”

  The Huffington Post: Surya Yalamanchili: Bigger National Crisis: Bedbugs or Unemployment?

• “Experts say the resurgence in bedbugs can be attributed in part to the use of less powerful pesticides since DDT was banned in the 1960s.”

  Dogs Trained to Detect Bedbugs | Impact Lab

• “The once ubiquitous annoyance of bedbugs is completely alien to most Americans, thanks to their almost total eradication through the use of DDT.”

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• “The only good news if you have bedbugs is that they don't spread disease.”

  That Would Be Too Easy

• “There's a certain cuteness to the word bedbugs," he adds.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Bedbugs Give Rise to 'Bedbugs!!!'

• “And she needed clarification on that, so that she knew it meant she didn't have bedbugs, which is what she was worried about.”

  NPR: Future Of Primary Care? Some Say 'Medical Home'

• “Mr. Calandrino, who started a Web site called bedbugs-nyc. com a few weeks ago in response to the growing number of cases in New York.”

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• “In the stairwell, the smell of urine is overpowering and at the bottom of the stairs, there's a rat hole, just one variety of the vermin -- such as bedbugs, cockroaches and mice -- that crawl throughout 119 East 19th.”

  The Huffington Post: Moshe Piller, Landlord Who Evicted Holocaust Survivor, Just Another Violator In New York

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