Rise in bedbugs prompts 'pandemic' fears

01 Sep 2010

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7974512/Rise-in-bedbugs-prompts-pandemic-fears.html


In a year the bedbug’s population has increased with 24%, according to pest controllers reports. They incline to enter homes by clothes and furniture, but they also move through walls and floors cavities from property to property. The epidemic started in America where the numbers are the highest since the Second World War. A recent international survey by the National Pest Management Association and the University of Kentucky concerning this issue concluded that “the world could be on the verge of a bedbug pandemic.” In Britain millions of bugs are expected to be transported in the clothing of travelling tourists during the 2012 Olympics.


Well maybe Britain can start by taking action against these bugs being transported by tourists during the Olympics. By making posters and putting ads on television to make tourists aware, of the fact that they are not travelling alone. Maybe it is a good idea to make pesticide that is not harmful to humans in the form of tablets to be put in the luggage. The idea that they feed on our blood, already makes me itch. A consolation? At least you are not sleeping in bed alone.