Tampa shelter calls pest pros to put bite on bedbugs

By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Chris Lapointe, left, and Cley Hobelmann of Emory Brantley & Sons Termite and Pest Control secure a tent Tuesday at New Beginnings of Tampa before fumigation for bedbugs. TAMPA — They skulked into the North Tampa transitional home a couple of months ago — tiny, silent and thirsty for blood. Bedbugs. Yes, the creepy creatures that ...

Bed bugs are back, and the bets are they could be coming soon, experts say

In the past few years, the common bed bug (cimex lectularius) has been increasing its numbers, leading to New York City being declared as the number one hotspot for the pests in the United States, according to a list from Terminix.

Feeling itchy? It could be bedbugs

Bedbug infestations in New York have raised national media attention to the pests, which feed off people’s blood and excruciate people with their bites. But large cities have experienced concerning levels of bed bug cases. And there are signs that the scourge may be beginning to come into Stark County.

20 ways to detox your house

Many of us have done a detox in order to eliminate internal toxins from our body , but how many of us do anything about the toxins in our own homes? Common household and body-care products are increasingly being found to have negative health effects on the nervous and immune systems, on our reproductive systems and on our endocrine, cardiovascular and respiratory systems. The average home ...

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