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On getting better pesticides for killing bed bugs (no, DDT is not one of them)

I was poking around some historical items, for reasons which will soon become revealed to you, dear readers, when I found an interesting document from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation which...

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Bed bugs as big business: 1939 Post Office London Directory

This morning, a bit of history: the Post Office London Directory in two volumes, 1939, discovered at the New York Public Library. (Sorry for the graininess but let’s just say this was an accidental...

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Maud Newton on John Cheever’s bed bugs

Blogger Maud Newton notes that writer John Cheever was no stranger to Sneaky Simes, the bed bug. She directs our attention to this biography of Cheever, and notes that At the end of 1939, Cheever...

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Protect your children! Creepy DDT-infused wallpaper circa 1947

This is a delightfully creepy find: Trimz DDT Children’s Room Wallpaper and Ceiling Paper. Yes, Disney-themed DDT-impregnated wallpaper, advertised in Woman’s Day magazine back in 1947. Remember, it’s...

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Lou Sorkin in Gelf; how do you spell “bed bugs”?

Gelf Magazine has a new interview with Dr. Louis Sorkin, who they’ve dubbed “The Bedbug King of New York.”  (We would hardly disagree, though we lean toward the more common spelling “bed bug,” which...

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How to get rid of bed bugs (c. 1777): gunpowder and Guinea-pepper, anyone?

On the eve of the Toronto bed bug summit, The Star takes a trip down memory lane, examining eighteenth-century bed bug killing methods, which were often more dangerous for humans than bed bugs: A 1777...

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Bed bugs in the London Review of Books & Sunday Times Magazine

Hugh Pennington takes bed bugs as his subject in the January 6, 2011 edition of the London Review of Books. I was glad to see the story published, and it is interesting on some levels, but falls short...

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History of bed bugs expanded upon in new article by Michael Potter

You’re familiar with the 2008 PCT article “Lessons from the Past,” in which Dr. Michael F. Potter explores the history of the bed bug problem, and human attempts to fight the beasts. Now, American...

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How did bed bugs get here? Did they never leave? Recent research on genetics...

A new article by Katherine Harmon in Scientific American explores genetic research into bed bugs, which may be used to explain how they spread and thrive. North Carolina State Entomologist Dr. Coby...

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