Bed Bugs Feasting On You

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Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
Does having tile flooring help prevent the bed bugs ?

Miami Beach is a dump and I could never understand why sooooo many people like to take a vacation there.
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The shady characters, thugs, prostitutes and bums turned Miami Beach into a place to avoid.


Nude beach
 
Originally Posted By: Shannow

If the western world had continued to use it as they had, it would be next to useless for anything now...just like the stuff that we are making next to useless every day.


This is very true, whether it was harmful to human or not, pest mutate / evolute to withstand poison very quickly, in decades.
 
Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
Does having tile flooring help prevent the bed bugs ?


Probably not...They love to hide in the walls...Spoke to my Aunt this afternoon who lives in Penn South on West 26TH Street in Manhattan and she said her Co-Op building is loaded with bed bugs.
 
DDT can be used very effectively in FAR smaller amounts than were common before the ban.

Judicious use would be great for the third world today. But that, then, would exacerbate the overpopulation issue. Perhaps that was the other part of the plan from the beginning. There are a lot of folks that believe we are the bedbugs in Mother Nature's abode and should be exterminated.
 
Would the use of those 'Roach Bombs' that seem to be sold everywhere in the U.S. have an effect on controlling Bed Bugs.

I remember picking up a pack of those Bombs on a trip State side, we fumigated a rental that was infested with Fleas. Worked Great!
 
Originally Posted By: Mr_Incredible
DDT can be used very effectively in FAR smaller amounts than were common before the ban.

Judicious use would be great for the third world today. But that, then, would exacerbate the overpopulation issue. Perhaps that was the other part of the plan from the beginning. There are a lot of folks that believe we are the bedbugs in Mother Nature's abode and should be exterminated.


Well, judging by the amount of antibiotic overuse, I wouldn't count on them using a FAR smaller amount.
 
I used to see these things hanging out by the window sils, and someone else in the house claimed to have them in their bed. That's nasty. I've caught a few in my own bed actually. Most often, my bed is free of any pests and I make sure it's like that. Except for that danged mosquito that bit me up for a few nights. I saw it on the ceiling and smushed it promptly... my own blood and all. Anyway, my bed linens get washed in hot bleach water often, and usually get soaked and the timer on the washer rewound for a longer wash cycle. Currently, no nasties in my bed- when there are, you better believe I get militant on their buttocks!!
 
Originally Posted By: Shannow
Originally Posted By: Tempest
10's of millions of people have died in Africa and other places from Malaria and other insect born diseases due to the virtual banning of DDT world wide. We are now reaping what we sow.


The virtual banning which has them continuing to use it (in Africa) under the advice of the WHO ?

Same ban that saw it used in California in 1979 ?

If the western world had continued to use it as they had, it would be next to useless for anything now...just like the stuff that we are making next to useless every day.

Tell me seriously that you think the following image is a good thing.

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DDT works at the genetic level. It was never known by it's creators to be of benefit, safe or necessary. Like many chemicals from the WW2 era, it's purpose was simply eugenics.
 
Originally Posted By: Mr_Incredible

Judicious use would be great for the third world today. But that, then, would exacerbate the overpopulation issue. Perhaps that was the other part of the plan from the beginning.


I think that you are ill informed.

It is still being used (judiciously) in the third world.

That's probably more reason to not let it anywhere near western agronomists, who will (it's been proven on just about everything) destroy it's overall effectiveness by over-use.
 
There was something about bed bugs on TV this morning on ABC but I was going out the door when it was on...Someone in New York had to call in a contractor to get rid of the bed bugs as her house was infested with them as everyone was getting eaten up big time every night...It costed the owner around 8K bucks to get rid of them...They used the heat treatment method...They got the house up to about 140 degrees with special heaters to kill them...I missed part of the story.

I had no idea it would cost around 8K bucks to get rid of bed bugs for a small home...I could only imagine what it would cost to do the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
 
Have you been to the Fontainebleau lately ?

I read in the Miami Herald that they are in serious financial trouble and many of the contractors had to sue to get their money for the work they did during the major remodel.

I doubt they are even spraying for bugs.
 
Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
Have you been to the Fontainebleau lately ?

I read in the Miami Herald that they are in serious financial trouble and many of the contractors had to sue to get their money for the work they did during the major remodel.

I doubt they are even spraying for bugs.


The Fontainbleau claims alot of the contractors did a real poor job on the remodeling so that's why they were not paying up...Do I believe all that...No!

BTW a friends brother used to work there as a bartender..They paid him 10 bucks an hour but on weekends he made 1100 bucks in tips every Saturday and Sunday...He quit and does private parties now.
 
Originally Posted By: ItsuMitsubishi

DDT works at the genetic level. It was never known by it's creators to be of benefit, safe or necessary. Like many chemicals from the WW2 era, it's purpose was simply eugenics.


Are you saying that DDT was deployed to kill certain people?
 
So far we've seen that the use of DDT is eugenics and the non use of DDT is eugenics. Perhaps bed bugs are eugenics too. Where does that leave motor oil?
 
Originally Posted By: Nick R

Interesting reading.
http://reason.com/archives/2004/01/07/ddt-eggshells-and-me


Yes, if you consider "generally accepted" as interesting as the article shows nothing.

The reason raptors were declining is because they were intentionally hunted and even had bounties issued by governments. The reason they are coming back is due to strict laws preventing their hunting. Of course, that slightly important fact is no where to be found in that "article".
 
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The virtual banning which has them continuing to use it (in Africa) under the advice of the WHO ?

They have only advocated it's use since 2006. And yes, there is a virtual ban as it is used in very few countries.
As for Junk Science, I posted that link because there is a LOT information there and references are given for the information.
 
Originally Posted By: Tempest
The reason raptors were declining is because they were intentionally hunted and even had bounties issued by governments. The reason they are coming back is due to strict laws preventing their hunting. Of course, that slightly important fact is no where to be found in that "article".


And so successful were you guys at banning hunting, even the swedish white tailed sea eagle came back after killing them was banned in 1924.

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http://www.helcom.fi/BSAP_assessment/ifs/ifs2008/en_GB/predatory_bird/
 
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Starting with only four breeding pairs in the late '70s, we were able to constantly increase the population to 31 pairs today. By means of 24/7 surveillance and massive security measures in the nesting areas, disruptions were avoided and the eagles successfully raised their young again. Volunteers from all over Germany participated in these efforts.

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/car...678507873957182
That might have a little something to do with the Eagles doing better... Though the author (of course) still blames DDT.

The link you posted does not indicate any causation relating to DDT. It does however list other contamination (heavy metals), lack of food, and collisions as prime causal factors in population.
 
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