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Modern Plagues
June 2009
Atlantic
How man’s best
friend can help
him evict his
nastiest bedmate
by
Pamela
Paul
Dog Bites Bug
“You see this?” says
John Russell of New
Jersey’s Action Termite
& Pest Control, pointing
into an overstuffed
Manhattan closet where
one of his dogs, a black
Lab named Sara, has
indicated a problem.
“Clutter! That’s why
bedbugs are so hard to
find.” The apartment’s
tenant, who has lived in
his one-bedroom for 34
years, hovers nearby.
When Sara noses one of
the many jackets within,
the tenant grabs it.
“I’ll just throw it
out,” he says, ushering
the garment into the
hallway.
Sara isn’t one of
Peruyero’s dogs, but a
graduate of a competing
outfit, the Florida
Canine Academy, which
claims to have been the
first to enter the
bedbug business, and
also certifies teams to
detect bombs, drugs,
money, weapons,
termites, and arson.
Florida Canine’s
trainees, selected for
their work ethic, drive,
and desire to please,
are taught to gesture
with their nose,
because, “dogs who give
the paw,” the owner,
Bill Whitstine, says
scornfully, “can scratch
furniture or end up
spreading the bugs
around.”
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QUESTIONS"Getting bugs is
his business
John Russell makes a living
from bugs and rodents.
Russell, 43, is general
manager of Action Termite
and Pest Control in Toms
River, a business that has
been around since 1971.
Russell, a former computer
repair technician decided to
return to his father's
business in 1986 after
realizing that corporate
America wasn't what he
wanted.
Russell talked to The
Star-Ledger about the family
business and a worst
assignment ever.
What are some preventive
tips you can give about pest
control?
Mice can fit through
openings quarter of an inch.
Always seal up openings
around the outside of the
home including door sweeps,
pipe openings and make sure
garage doors are tightly
closed
Termites: Store all excess
building materials and
firewood away from the
house, wood is a source of
food. Fix water leaks in the
home, termites also need
water. And get a yearly
inspection.
Roaches: Use containerized
roach baits. Wash kitchen
cabinets with warm water,
boric acid and baking soda
and don't leave unwashed
dishes in the sink.
How do you deal with
customers who have bed bugs?
Bed bugs infest only a small
proportion of residences,
but they should be suspected
if residents complain of
bites that occurred while
sleeping.
When a customer calls in
with a bed bug problem, the
following steps are used.
We use a canine team to
pinpoint all infested areas.
Dogs work much faster using
their nose than a technician
pulling a room apart and
checking all possible hiding
spaces. We then treat the
entire residence
We then use a steam
treatment, a safe
non-chemical application,
which will destroy all egg
capsules and any nymphs that
might have hatched from eggs
after the first treatment.
We also ask the homeowner to
install bed bug covers to
the mattresses and box
springs and vacuum at least
every other day to all areas
treated. This includes
mattresses, floors,
furniture, moldings to
remove all carcasses and
eggs from the room.
Another sweep by the canine
is done to ensure the area
is clean and a final
treatment applied.
Share your "nightmare" job
since you've been in business?
The nastiest job I had to
encounter was a severe maggot
and fly infestation, as well as
odor control in an apartment.
This job was in early August in
1988 or 1989. One of the
residents committed suicide.
Unfortunately, no family member
had checked on him for about
three weeks after the incident.
We were called in by the complex
management office. We arrived
about 20 minutes after the
coroner removed the body. There
were thousands of flies and just
as many maggots.
The decomposition was so bad
that the body had burned an
impression of the entire body on
the carpet. I had to go back
three times with three different
technicians, because each one of
them couldn't handle the smell.
I will never forget that
experience and hope never to
encounter something like that
again.
-- Cynthia Parker
http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-10/1218342939223290.xml&coll=1
Biz Buzz:
Don't let the bedbugs bite
Friday, July 18, 2008
Start throwing around terms
like "host" and "bloodsucker"
and a couple of things come to
mind. Politicians, sure, but
that's just too easy.
Hookworms, leeches, Pacific
lamprey. All cuddle-challenged
creatures in their own way, but
still nothing you'd likely
encounter in your bedroom at 3
a.m.
That leaves bedbugs, those
wingless insects that have
scared countless generations of
children. If you suspect a
problem, the Harvard School of
Public Health recommends
carefully examining the nooks
and crannies of sleeping areas,
keeping a nose out for a
coriander-like odor that may be
present in heavy infestations.
Or you can send Sarah and Rex
into the place. The two black
Labrador retrievers spend their
days working for Action Termite
and Pest Control of Toms River,
sniffing around for bedbugs.
The former shelter dogs were
given more than 800 hours of
training in Florida to track the
elusive bedbug. The company said
Sarah and Rex are more than 90
percent accurate and can
pinpoint infestations.
Nighty night.
-- Greg Saitz
http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-9/1216355859319820.xml&coll=1
 KYW on Your Health- (Subscribe)
Goodnight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
KYW's Michelle Durham spoke to John Russell, general manager of Action Termite and Pest Control about how you get bedbugs and what it takes to get rid of them. (10:06) |
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Source: http://www.kyw1060.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=2744140 |
 Posted: Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:39AM
Goodnight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
by KYW’s Michelle Durham
It's a problem that many people don't know they have or if they do, they don't want to talk about it; bedbugs. And once you have them, it takes a lot of effort to get rid of them.
General Manager of Action Termite and Pest Control John Russell explains how you get bedbugs in the first place: |
"You would go to a hotel after someone left that had bedbugs. You would put your clothing into the drawers and dressers and not realizing it then you take your clothes with you when you leave; go home and then spread it to the residential area."
It takes a lot of effort to get rid of them. Russell and his team bring in bug sniffing dogs to determine where they are; once that happens the intensive treatment begins:
"We have to treat every nook and cranny: picture frames, moldings, electrical outlets. We have to pull the carpet up. The second treatment is actually steam."
Steam will kill the eggs that haven't hatched yet. Bedbugs leave tiny blood stains on mattresses and sheets, so you can look for those. And Russell says when you check into a hotel pull the sheets off the bed and check the mattress seams and the headboards.
Source: http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/2585530.php
By JASON
NARK
Philadelphia
Daily
News
narkj@phillynews.com
856-779-3231
When
a
bedbug
is
siphoning
your
blood,
it
usually
goes
to
the
bathroom
in
the
wound.
That's
just
one
of
the
many
horrors
that
accompany
infestations,
which
have
become
increasingly
common
in
hotel
rooms,
cruise
ships,
houses,
dormitories
and
even
airplanes
in
recent
years.
All
but
eradicated
in
the
1950s,
bedbugs
have
made
quite
the
comeback,
hitchhiking
their
way
across
the
world
in
luggage.
And
exterminators
say
no
one
can
sleep
tight
at
night.
Bedbugs
have
"definitely
become
a
problem
again,"
said
John
Russell,
general
manager
of
Action
Termite
&
Pest
Control,
in
Toms
River,
N.J.
And
"they
don't
care
whether
you're
rich
or
poor,"
he
said.
Last
year,
the
Tropicana
Casino
and
Resort
in
Atlantic
City
was
reported
to
have
bedbugs
in
the
hotel
before
its
gaming
license
was
revoked.
Russell's
company
is
treating
hotels
in
New
York
and
Atlantic
City
for
bedbugs
as
well
as
an
11-story
building
in
Philadelphia.
To
help,
Mike
Russell,
the
company's
vice
president
of
marketing,
says
it
employs
two
bug-sniffing
dogs
to
root
out
bedbugs
-
and
they're
in
high
demand.
"We're
getting
at
least
20
bedbug
calls
a
week,"
he
said.
John
Russell
said
bedbugs
are
classic
hitchhikers,
finding
humans
from
the
carbon
dioxide
we
exhale
and
hopping
off
into
our
beds,
where
they
feed
and
breed
at
night.
One
female
can
lay
up
to
500
eggs.
Sometimes,
bedbugs
can
even
be
transferred
by
furniture
stores
that
pick
up
old
mattresses
and
carry
them
in
delivery
vans
alongside
new
beds,
John
Russell
said.
The
flat
brown
bugs
can
usually
be
seen
underneath
or
in
the
seams
of
mattresses
or
nesting
behind
headboards
during
the
day.
Tiny
blood
stains
on
mattresses
and
sheets
are
also
a
sign
that
you've
got
bugs
that
are
feasting.
Bedbugs
inject
a
numbing
agent
so
their
bite
can't
be
felt.
John
Russell
says
they
haven't
been
found
to
transmit
diseases.
Still,
they're
not
a
bug
you
can
live
with.
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