Yesterday News 12 reported that Bohlman Towers, an apartment complex in Peekskill, NY, has been struggling with a bad infestation of bed bugs in the recent years. Tenants are furious. One tenant who was interviewed said that bed bugs are affecting her emotionally and financially. She is not spending money on treatments, but she was forced to leave her job as a nurse when people found out she had bed bugs. Other tenants have written letters to News 12 and the city to seek a solution. The city is aware of the bad infestation and they will work to a eradicate the problem. In the mean time, the city is going to provide information about bed bugs to the tenants. The article provides a video which interviews a tenant and shows pictures of the bad infestations. JP McHale is licensed in bed bug elimination in New York. Contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, live chat, twitter, or facebook for an inspection!
Bed bugs have hit New York harder than other cities, but Washington DC still has its share of infestations. This Fox News segment describes what bed bugs are and how to prevent them. An interesting fact they point out is that bed bugs will go for woman more then men, probably because men have money hair on their bodies making it harder for the bugs to get to the skin.
Today the Early Show posted a segment about the bed bug epidemic in New York. This visit gives useful statistics and shows you a bed bug extermination in action!