WARNING: IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE BED BUGS YOU NEED TO READ THESE PAGES BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING! ACTIONS LIKE MOVING FURNITURE OR SPRAYING INSECTICIDES CAN CAUSE THE INFESTATION TO SPREAD AND MAKE ERADICATION MORE DIFFICULT AND COSTLY.
Bed bugs are here and are fast reaching plague proportions. Virtually wiped out by dangerous chemicals like DDT in the 1950's, they are now back with a vengeance. Todays enormous amount of international travel ensures these little vampires have plenty of opportunity to visit every corner of the globe and the lack of research and experience in the treatment of bed bugs coupled with inefficient treatments and misleading advice( the snake oil salespeople have even found their way onto tv with Today Tonight and The New Inventers promoting ineffective bed bug devices without researching the lack of merits. See facts page), has enabled the populations to grow and spread almost at will.
Accomodation providers are frustrated by failed treatments, false information is generated about bed bugs and infestations are slowed but then re-appear because bed bugs are a unique pest that confound standard pest control procedures. This site can give you the right bed bug information to enable you to properly identify bed bugs, understand the habits of bed bugs and to make the right choice in either your selection of a specialist bed bug controller or your methods for killing bed bugs yourself.
Whether you are an individual who has been infested with bed bugs or an accommodation provider who is looking for solutions to ongoing bed bug issues, you can find all the information you need in the pages that follow.
Bed bugs can be stopped but you need proven, effective, realistic bed bug solutions so read on or call me now for advice
***A BED BUG SPECIALIST IS RELIEVED TO SEE THE LATEST INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. THEIR INFORMATION IS A REFLECTION OF THE INFORMATION SET OUT HERE. IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY SO UP TO DATE, BUT THE USA IS TAKING BED BUGS MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY THAN AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE RECOGNITION OF BED BUGS AS A PUBLC HEALTH PEST BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. SEE THEIR BED BUG PAGE AT http://epa.gov/pesticides/controlling/bedbugs.html
The bed bug problem is getting worse each year and we can see the future of bed bugs in Australia by researching developments in the USA, where bed bugs re-ocurred a few years before here. Problems of massive, widespread infestations within lower socio-economic groups, the spread of bed bugs through aged care, student accomodation, emergency care hostels and even hospitals are happening here and now and unless there is a plan of action in education and control by federal,state and local governments, bed bugs may well become an overwhelming problem.
****ANYONE WHO THINKS BED BUGS ARE RESTRICTED TO MATTRESSES SHOULD READ THIS PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NEW YORK CLOTHING AND ACCESORIES STORE ABERCROMBIE &FITCH http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abercrombie--fitch-reports-97678724.html 2 STORES WERE CLOSED TO DEAL WITH INFESTATIONS OF BED BUGS. IT IS THIS MASSIVE SPREAD OF BED BUGS THAT A BED BUG SPECIALIST IS ATTEMPTING TO WARN GOVERNMENT ABOUT! A BED BUG SPECIALIST HAS ARRANGED A RESEARCH VISIT TO THE USA AND CANADA IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. I WILL BE VISITING THE WORLD LEADING RESEARCH CENTRE AT BERKELEY UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS SPECIALIST BED BUG CONTROLLERS IN SEATTLE AND VANCOUVER AMONGST OTHERS. I WILL UPDATE THESE PAGES ON MY RETURN WITH THE LATEST WEAPONS AND STRATERGIES IN THE GLOBAL BATTLE AGAINST BED BUGS.
As an individual, it is vital that you don't contribute to the plague by transferring bed bugs through throwing infested articles out of the house without effective treatment, moving without eradicating the bed bugs either in the house or in your furniture and personal items, or by trying to control the problem with ineffective methods.
The information in this site is gathered from current research being carried out all over the world and from the authors everyday experience in treating bed bugs. Use this information to help protect yourself and your community from this ever growing health risk.
A BED BUG SPECIALIST PROPRIETOR TERRY GLASSON ***I am aware that many accommodation providers and individuals are still attempting to self treat this most elusive pest. This report from the Canadian Health Department should be a warning! http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_decisions/epir-edirp2010-1615/index-eng.php Althought the conclusion found it unlikely that the unfortunate death was directly caused by the pesticide (permethrin is a very common pesticide found in many preparations), should such an event occur after the application of pesticide by an unqualified person, the consequences could be frightening. I am aware that expensive treatments by errant pest controllers that fail are extremely frustrating (and common)but don't let that lead you to make very big mistakes with life changing consequences!
