(It's a ...) Micro World (... after all): Bed Bugs

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Bed Bugs

Saw a report on the Today Show (video) this morning about bed bugs in NYC movie theaters. Seriously, whiskey tango foxtrot. Problem is, bed bugs are not all that easy to treat, and you can pick them up almost anywhere (especially if you stay at a hotel that is infested). Perhaps it's time to bring back DDT?

Then again, this blog entry in 2009 states that bed bugs are not as susceptible to DDT as we might think.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Seriously. These little buggers are gross. I purchased a bed bug mattress protector as another defense. I purchased the cotton bed bug blocker mattress protector from Overstock.com. It arrived pretty quickly and i didn't have to pay tax. Hope this tip helps.; 1:00 PM

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Thomas Joseph
Professionally I am a bug hunter (aka microbiologist) and a gene jockey (aka molecular biologist). I started my career as a med tech, but now I'm a research scientist who studies environmental microbiology. When I'm not answering scientific questions about the roles that microbes play on climate change and/or water and soil quality, I'm an amateur astronomer and play racquetball. I'm also a sports nut, though my liking of both the NY Metropolitans (baseball) and NY Jets (football) tests my devotion to these sports on a continual basis. Fortunately, I'm also an OU alumnus (PhD, Microbiology) and we usually have a pretty good football team. Boomer Sooner!

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