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10/7/2010 5:57:27 PM EDT
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/nyregion/27bugs.html?ex=1290747600&en=3f15540faed107cf&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

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And bedbugs, stealthy and fast-moving nocturnal creatures that were all but eradicated by DDT after World War II, have recently been found in hospital maternity wards, private schools and even a plastic surgeon's waiting room.

Bedbugs are back and spreading through New York City like a swarm of locusts on a lush field of wheat.

Infestations have been reported sporadically across the United States over the past few years. But in New York, bedbugs have gained a foothold all across the city.



In the bedbug resurgence, entomologists and exterminators blame increased immigration from the developing world, the advent of cheap international travel and the recent banning of powerful pesticides.



10/7/2010 8:13:20 PM EDT
[#1]
Hell, there's department stores, high end hotels like the Ritz, and even office buildings infected with the damn things in NYC.
10/7/2010 8:14:59 PM EDT
[#2]
Funny, how no one talks about why they've made a resurgance.
10/7/2010 8:15:37 PM EDT
[#3]
Their a pain in the ass.....
10/7/2010 8:17:21 PM EDT
[#4]
NYC only cares about saving the MTA by jacking up fares and banning sugary drinks for the moment.
10/7/2010 8:18:10 PM EDT
[#5]



Quoted:


Funny, how no one talks about why they've made a resurgance.


illegals?



 
10/7/2010 8:18:46 PM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
Funny, how no one talks about why they've made a resurgance.


Must be the gays.  Or godlessness, right?
10/7/2010 8:18:52 PM EDT
[#7]
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...and the recent banning of powerful pesticides.





Environmentalist assholes strike again.

10/7/2010 8:22:01 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:

Quoted:
Funny, how no one talks about why they've made a resurgance.

illegals?
 


No, but close enough.
10/7/2010 8:24:05 PM EDT
[#9]




Quoted:





Quoted:

Funny, how no one talks about why they've made a resurgance.


illegals?





I'm thinking from a certain part of the world that isn't in favor with the US right now.  I don't think it would be CoC compliant to say where, so I'll just leave it with this.
10/7/2010 8:28:16 PM EDT
[#10]
I think the W hotel I stayed at in LA a few months ago had bed bugs.  I woke up after the first night with what looked like mosquito bites all over my legs.  I complained and was moved to another room with no further bites.  What does a BB bite look like?
10/7/2010 8:31:33 PM EDT
[#11]
Friend of mine who is an exterminator just bought one of those bedbug-sniffing dogs about a month ago.  He just hired 2 more guys to go train with new dogs to keep up with th flood of commercial business from hotels that want their places swept and de-bugged.

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10/7/2010 8:37:08 PM EDT
[#12]
I know a guy who owns a pest control company.  His business has exploded because of the bedbug resurgence.