Bedbugs Found In More Dorm Rooms At Ohio Dominican University
10TV
A battle against bedbugs at Ohio Dominican University continued on Thursday, after a search of a dormitory turned up more of the pests. The infestation was originally believed to have impacted just a few rooms inside of Lynam Hall, but a closer look …
University in central Ohio finds more dorm rooms infested with bedbugs …The Republic

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Bedbugs Chase ODU Students From Dorm
NBC4i.com
Ohio Dominican is dealing with an infestation. What can parents and students do to reduce the risk of personal infestation? (more) An NBC4 viewer alerted us Saturday about bedbugs in one of the dorms at Ohio Dominican University. …
Bedbugs Found In Ohio Dominican Dorm Room10TV
University in Ohio uses heat to fight dorm bedbugsFOX19
University uses heat to fight dorm bedbugsLancaster Eagle Gazette

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Do I have bed bugs?
Avvo
This doctor is licensed in Ohio. Bed bug (cimex lenticularis) infestations have become increasingly common. These reddish-brown wingless insects have 3 pairs of legs are about 3-5 mm in size and big enough to see with the naked eye. Bed bugs come out …

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Bedbugs: An A to Z primer
yourhome.ca
“It is very, very difficult for an untrained individual to get rid of bedbugs unless they have caught it at a very, very early stage,” said Susan C. Jones, an urban entomologist at Ohio State University and an authority on bedbugs. …

Bed bugs on the rise in college dorms
KGO-TV
With college kids heading back to the dorms for the new school year, there's something they'll need to watch for — bed bugs. That's what Kaitlin McNeish found waiting for her and her roommate at the dorms in Ohio Dominican University. …

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Bedbug Infestations Fewer in Ohio County
Wheeling Intelligencer
Sanitarians continue to have meetings with residents and managers of high rises, educating them about bed bug prevention and how to get rid of them if necessary. He noted people who are traveling need to aware of bed bugs, which tend to live in …

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Allergy Technologies LLC Provides Over $100000 in a Research Grant to The Ohio …
PR Newswire (press release)
9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Allergy Technologies LLC, manufacturer of ActiveGuard™ mattress liners, is sponsoring a new bed bug research program at The Ohio State University through an initial $100000+ grant provided by the Company. …

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Crews Treat Reading Building For Possible Bedbugs
WLWT Cincinnati
Its owners said the building had been recently purchased, and they decided to seal the windows and doors and treat the building with spray to kill roaches and bedbugs. The owners told News 5's Laura Borchers that this action was taken as an abundance …

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This beagle's trained to sniff out bed bugs
Delaware News
"There is a pandemic plan in place, because it is estimated that one in five people in Ohio will be affected," LaBarre said, adding bed bug infestations do not go hand-in-hand with low income neighborhoods. "They are hitchhikers," she said, as the bugs …

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House burns in attempt to rid bedbugs
Harrisburg Daily Register
… major damage to one side of the Glenn Frey residencenear Dundee, Ohio, on Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Jason Ely of the Wayne Township (Dundee) Fire Department said Frey had heard that bedbugs could be eliminated by heating a house up to 140 degrees, …

Cincinatti, Ohio Topples New York City, NY as the Bedbug Capital
MarketWatch (press release)
The Bed Bug Alert app is currently available for $1.99 from the Apple Store ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bed-bug-alert/id397206377 ). According to the various tracking and reporting methods used to identify bedbug outbreaks, Cincinnati, Ohio now is …
Cincinatti, Ohio Topples New York City, NY as the Bedbug CapitalNewsday (subscription)

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Bed bugs infest Riverview Plaza in Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Director Homer Virden said the battle with bed bugs began roughly 24 months ago and has been ongoing ever since. “Two years ago, we saw a huge breakout of bed bugs all throughout Ohio,” Virden said. “The worst part about the whole problem is that they …

Rental company in Ohio sued over alleged bedbugs
Forbes
AP , 07.08.11, 10:19 AM EDT DAYTON, Ohio — Three roommates who say their rental furniture was infested with bedbugs have sued the southwest Ohio business that supplied the items. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Dayton says the roommates became infested …
Roommates sue over bedbugsWDTN
Rental Company Sued Over Bed BugsPCT Magazine
Rental company sued over alleged bedbugsMarion Star
WHIO Radio -Canton Repository
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Commentary: NASCAR's best show 'impressive display' of speed, paint jobs
Springfield News Sun
I'm pretty sure bedbugs were jumping into my lane. … Scott Rolen's an all-star? Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2163 or bkollars@DaytonDailyNews.com. Some sports traditions are getting old, such as the Gatorade dump on clueless coaches. …

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Lawmakers Continue Push For Better Bedbug Treatments
WLWT Cincinnati
CARTHAGE, Ohio — A Carthage family lost their home to bed bugs in May after a fire broke out during a heating treatment. Cindy Roberts said her home burned to the ground because the machine used in the heating treatment for killing bed bugs …

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Cincinnati's No. 1 bedbug ranking no joke
Cincinnati.com
A survey by University of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research – the same folks who conduct the respected Ohio Poll – found that as recently as 2010, 18 percent of homes in Cincinnati reported experiencing trouble with bedbugs. …
Survey: Bedbugs bug Cincinnati residentsUPI.com
Battling Bedbugs With TerminixSYS-CON Media (press release)

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Summer Bed Bug Alert: How to protect yourself
CTV.ca
If you're going to New York, Ohio, or anywhere else where bed bugs are known to be, well, practically everywhere, you ca also bring a household remedy reputed to keep them at bay. (No guarantees here.) These can include Vaseline, which some say you use …
SALEM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL…Don't let the bed bugs biteSalemNews.net

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Summer Bed Bug Alert: How to Protect Yourself
Forbes (blog)
Other midwestern cities with major bed bug problems include Dayton, Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio (in fact the entire state of Ohio is under siege, according to pest management experts), Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Louisville, Kentucky. …

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Bed Bugs Now With Super Bug: Still Just a “Nuisance,” EPA?
OpenMarket.org
When asked why Ohio's Gov. Ted Strickland's request for an emergency exemption to use two very effective, but banned pesticides to fight the parasites, Lisa Jackson, head administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency replied that bed bugs were …

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Part 3: Bed Bugs Abatement a Growing Challenge for Landlords, Cities, Insurers
ClaimsJournal.com
Though insecticides may be the treatment of choice for killing bed bugs, other options do exist, according to Henriksen. “There are several different methods that are effective in killing bed bugs. Heat is one of them. …

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Bed Bugs: Part 1
ClaimsJournal.com
Last month, a two-family Ohio house was destroyed when a heater being used to kill bed bugs set a carpet on fire, according to officials. The exterminator blamed an equipment malfunction for the fire. The fire renewed a controversy over the use of a …

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Man Says Bed Bugs Are Ruining His Life
WTRF
BELLAIRE, Ohio — Gino Mascetti's life was looking up. After a long period of unemployment, he had a job. He got engaged, and there's a baby on the way. But he says it's all going sour because of bed bugs. His job was driving nursing home patients to …

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Bedbugs beware: New foe is on scene
Columbus Dispatch
The product, Ortho Home Defense Max Bedbug Killer, is designed to kill bedbugs before they reach the infestation stage, the company said. It's also recommended that the spray be used with other treatment methods. Bedbug complaints in central Ohio …
Solution for Growing Bed Bug Epidemic: Introducing Ortho® Home Defense MAX …RedOrbit

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Checking In | Cindy Decker commentary: Prime time for bedbugs has arrived
Columbus Dispatch
A report of bedbugs means only that a part of the property has been infested, not all of it. Hotels are constantly treating and cleaning to control the pests. "They are hitchhikers," said Susan Jones, an entomologist at Ohio State University. …

Some Renters Could Have To Sign Bed Bug Pact
10TV
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Renters in central Ohio could see a new clause in their rental agreements, as some landlords are now making their tenants sign a bed bug pact when they move into a residence, 10TV's Kevin Landers reported on Friday. …

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