Recently there’s been a invasion of bedbugs in NYC incl elegant hotels Why is that &where do they come from?

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Question by DR.R.Luxemburg:
Recently there’s been a invasion of bedbugs in NYC incl elegant hotels Why is that &where do they come from?

Is this a world wide phenomenon ? What can be done about it Previously they were limited to places with lesser hygienic conditions, but now that it affects the rich too it’s coming to the public eye.Thanks

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Answer by Nick Beltre
The Hiltons have been letting their daughters live in the NYC hotels

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I Ate mY NeiGhboR February 13, 2011 at 10:44 pm

Hey!! ;9

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RichardH February 13, 2011 at 11:36 pm

Actually the greenies have outlawed most of the pesticides that might deal with this and other problems. It seems that they didn’t like those nasty pesticides. After all they worked!

Anyone seen my can of DDT?

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friendlyadvice February 14, 2011 at 12:18 am

It may become a worldwide problem. Bedbugs were dealt with by spraying DDT and other toxic pesticides. Eventually, with enough of these toxic pesticides in the environment, bird egg shells started to thin, decimating the bird populations. In the interest of preserving life, DDT and other pesticides like it were banned. It took many years, but the bird populations started to recover. Now, the pesticide resistant bugs are free to multiply.

The bedbugs probably were brought into the hotels in luggage and into the stores through shipments received. Many products are manufactured in places with less hygienic conditions, so the bugs travel with the products.

There are essential oils that will repel bugs and keep them out of our houses, hotels, stores, and luggage. Young Living produces and sells Purification, Peppermint, Lavender, Rosemary, Eucalyptus Radiata, Lemongrass, and Cedarwood oils. They all repel fleas and ticks and should work on bedbugs without the toxic chemicals in commercial pesticides.

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Suzanne B February 14, 2011 at 12:44 am

Bedbugs have recently come back into the spotlight, and put into the spotlight more and more by the media. Although bedbugs were thought to be almost eradicated by DDT and other pesticides used in the 50’s and 60’s, they have had a resurgence due to traveling, many people who travel or ship items can intervertantly spread these bugs. Because they are so small and can hide well, they are not usually noticed until someone gets bitten or they are spotted. These small little bloodsuckers live off of humans and are nocturnal and no one is sure exactly why this resurgence has happened. But international travel and changes in pest management practices & a possible resistance to pesticides is believed to be some of the main contributing factors, and there is also concern that a lack of public awareness is perpetuating the continued dispersal of them. I hope this helps answer your question.

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fisge2003 February 14, 2011 at 1:20 am

They can be present anywhere in the world but are more common in urban areas. Hygiene has nothing to do with the presence of bed bugs. There is a long list of ways that bed bugs spread from one location to another with the most commonly cited cause being in luggage. They can also be spread from place to place in moving vans, clothing, bedding, or from an adjacent apartment.

They are difficult to control because they take refuge deep in the walls and flooring of a building and are out of the reach of pesticide applications. The amount of pesticide needed would cause too much exposure to the resident. They are susceptible to extremes of temperature so many control methods include the use of high temperature or low temperature. This could involve increasing the rooms to >150 F or <32 F for several hours.

Bed bugs have always been around and they always will be.

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Observer412 February 14, 2011 at 1:56 am

1. They’re hard to kill

Common bed bugs are small, thin, and can hide deep in very narrow cracks. They are mainly active at night. They will routinely travel as far as a 20-foot radius from their hiding places (and back) in one night to take a blood meal. Bed bugs are very adaptable. They move much quicker, and can pass through much smaller openings or cracks, than most people expect. Even Ph.D. entomologists who work with live bed bugs for the first time are often surprised. Bed bugs can detect (and often avoid) chemical deposits such as some cleaning agents. Adult bed bugs can live longer than a whole year without feeding and most currently labeled insecticides used against them in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia, do not last more than one to three months when applied by a well-trained and competent PMP. In addition, there are reports in older literature that state that certain populations of bed bugs have developed physiological resistance to specific chemical insecticides in past, making these products ineffective. Although such true resistance has not been documented or reported against any currently labeled and commonly used insecticides, it could be developing in field populations and it should be screened for by professional diagnostic labs. Such testing (screening) in North America and Europe has only recently begun and has been very limited, so far.

2. Bed bugs were almost eradicated years ago – why are they back these days?
Many factors probably have contributed to this apparently sudden bed bug resurgence. It is hard to say any one factor is the most important in every situation. A few of the most probable factors include: much more rapid travel over greater distances on both a local and global scale (e.g., flying to or from Europe, Africa, Asia, etc., or any closer destination, in less than 24 hrs.); much less current overall public and PMP knowledge about these bugs, their biology and effective control strategies (i.e., many PMPs in developed countries have only begun trying to learn about and control bed bugs in the last 3-5 years); changes in available properly-labeled insecticides to less toxic, less persistent, chemical active ingredients and formulations; and some construction practices and furniture design choices in hotels, motels, and homes. Grossly ineffective self-help “control” practices which probably help spread infestations include: throwing out infested furniture (without any inspection or treatment to try to remove the bed bugs present) which is often picked up by someone else for their own use; leaving a room vacant for a few days as a means of getting rid of bed bugs present (this does not work and may make them migrate and spread out to find a blood meal); very inadequate partial or spot treatments by occupants of infested rooms or homes (even the use of most kinds of total-release aerosols or “bug bombs” is very ineffective); and placing infested items outdoors in either hot sun (by day) or below freezing temperatures (overnight) to kill infesting bed bugs (both of which are generally not effective).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11915026/ns/dateline_nbc-dont_let_the_bed_bugs_bite/

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