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09/14/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Cleanliness can prevent bugs as well as germs: Bed bugs love dirty laundry, study finds

Low-cost traveling has opened the doors to a lot of things, like bedbugs. So says Dr. William Hentley from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences and his team of researchers. His study, published in Scientific Reports, concluded that global bedbug dispersal has been facilitated by dirty laundry being left exposed in […]

04/23/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Super bedbugs now emerging everywhere thanks to global travelers who carry the pests at the speed of jet travel

A recent study revealed that new “super” bedbugs exhibited early signs of resistance to two more types of insecticides, apart from the traditional deltamethrin and other pyrethroid-class insecticides. These insects are being seen everywhere, thanks to global travel and travelers inadvertently carrying the pests on clothing and bags. In fact, a recent report noted that bedbug […]

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