Sorry to inform you about bed bugs this week, it’s creeping me out, but nonetheless is informative. Bed bugs do not transmit diseases they are just a pest. They feed on blood and live in mattresses.
According to EPA’s website: “Experts believe the recent increase in bed bugs in the United States may be due to more travel, lack of knowledge about preventing infestations, increased resistance of bed bugs to pesticides, and ineffective pest control practices.”
I talked to the Environmental Public Health Supervisor of the city of Columbia, Kayla Gunier, and she said they have been getting less calls lately. She also said just because it isn’t a problem now, “doesn’t mean it won’t be in two weeks.” I’ve decided that after I publish this story I might want to keep up with the envrionmental public health department in Columbia just to see if they are more of a problem during football season. Even though that’s a scary thing to think about it, it is possible, and it’s better to be aware of what could happen.
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