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Burn the sheets: bed bugs are coming
By: Web Master
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: News
According to an Associated Press article, the city of New York saw the amount of reports of bed bugs triple to 7,000 in three years. The situation is similar across the country.
Mosquito bites and bed bug bites look similar, advised Texas A&M Residence Life. Bed bugs are known to carry diseases, but there is no empirical evidence that they transmit. The worst looking bumps occur when allergies are involved. Residence Life provides handouts with bed bug information and contact information for students who find bed bugs in their hall.
The CUSE has a website with information on bed bugs and other pests, such as cockroaches, ants or spiders. These resources can be of use to off-campus Aggies as well. Institutions recommend against secondhand couches and furniture. McFadden Resident Advisor Whitney Morehead said, "This summer [one of her residents] had to throw out their couch because it was infested."
Used and freebie couches are breeding grounds for these pests and a center-piece in many college students' living rooms. Many apartment complexes warned tenants of the commingling of on-campus and off-campus Aggies, with reference to spreading bed bugs. The Luxor Management Group told tenants to avoid visiting residence halls and "if someone who lives in the dorms must come to visit you in your residence, [we] strongly recommend that they do not sit or put their belongings on your beds or even enter your bedrooms and to just stay in your living or dining rooms."
Minimizing areas where bed bugs can hide, frequent vacuuming, washing of clothes and bedding and monitoring for patches of eggs, fecal matter or castaway molten skins, are ways to prevent or assess an infestation from spreading.
Knowledge about bed bugs is recommended, especially since there is little evidence that our means of extermination are effective, stated CUSE. When questioned, few students knew about the bed bug problem, which could lead to the spreading of bed bugs.
Mosquito bites and bed bug bites look similar, advised Texas A&M Residence Life. Bed bugs are known to carry diseases, but there is no empirical evidence that they transmit. The worst looking bumps occur when allergies are involved. Residence Life provides handouts with bed bug information and contact information for students who find bed bugs in their hall.
The CUSE has a website with information on bed bugs and other pests, such as cockroaches, ants or spiders. These resources can be of use to off-campus Aggies as well. Institutions recommend against secondhand couches and furniture. McFadden Resident Advisor Whitney Morehead said, "This summer [one of her residents] had to throw out their couch because it was infested."
Used and freebie couches are breeding grounds for these pests and a center-piece in many college students' living rooms. Many apartment complexes warned tenants of the commingling of on-campus and off-campus Aggies, with reference to spreading bed bugs. The Luxor Management Group told tenants to avoid visiting residence halls and "if someone who lives in the dorms must come to visit you in your residence, [we] strongly recommend that they do not sit or put their belongings on your beds or even enter your bedrooms and to just stay in your living or dining rooms."
Minimizing areas where bed bugs can hide, frequent vacuuming, washing of clothes and bedding and monitoring for patches of eggs, fecal matter or castaway molten skins, are ways to prevent or assess an infestation from spreading.
Knowledge about bed bugs is recommended, especially since there is little evidence that our means of extermination are effective, stated CUSE. When questioned, few students knew about the bed bug problem, which could lead to the spreading of bed bugs.
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