Bed Bugs - Be the Solution Not the Problem Bed bugs can be a serious challenge for anyone who doesn’t understand the nature of this bug. Most people understand what a cockroach, flea, mosquito or ant is becau...
As humans we are all so interdependent on so many levels. We depend upon ready-made products for our everyday existence. If we have a problem, all you have to do is go online or to a local store to seek a solution. Bu...
The most crucial, yet confusing aspect of proper bed bug elimination is understanding what truly doesn’t work. First, you can’t spray away bed bugs. Chemicals no longer work for bed bugs because they have develope...
It's in the news, on talk shows, online, on the radio, billboards and television. Not a single day passes where you don’t hear or read something about clean food, fresh air and our environment. The use of toxins in ...
Before World War ll, bed bugs were a common insect here in the US. The growth of synthetic pesticides accelerated in the 1940s with the discovery of the effects of DDT on bed bugs. DDT was widely used to reduce infest...
In an age of home remedies and DIY hacks, bed bugs get just as much attention as any other problem that people want a quick fix for. One of the simplest proposed solutions that you might have seen mentioned online is ...
Mothballs have a deep history of being used for pest management and prevention. As their name suggests, they are widely used to prevent damage from moths such as clothes moths. They are small balls of chemical pestici...
Dealing with bed bugs is extremely frustrating and although drastic times lead to drastic measures, you should not try and kill bed bugs with boiling water. This is one method you may have heard of because a bed bug c...
Though pesticides are a common application, other treatments use a similar method. Diatomaceous Earth is one substance that’s chalk-like in texture and known to kill bed bugs. Comparably, baking soda is another powd...
A mattress encasement is essentially a plastic bag that that wraps around your bed and seals it off from its surrounding environment. It curtails the spread of bed bugs by suffocating the ones that live directly ...