Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Hi Friends! -I received this in an e-mail this morning. (Not the bed-bug! Just the words!) It's about bed-bugs.
I truly believe that bed-bugs are becoming more of a plague than what the H1N1 was supposed to be. Here is the e-mail. It's worthy of reading:
Hi All: A bit of information that you might like to know about. We have friends here in our community and one of their sons is an entomologist (insect expert), and has been telling them that there is an epidemic of bed-bugs now occurring in America . Recently I have heard on the news that several stores in NYC have had to close due to bed bug problems, as well as a complete mall in New Jersey .
He says that since much of our clothing, sheets, towels, etc. now comes from companies outside of America, (sad but true), even the most expensive stores sell foreign clothing from China, Indonesia, etc. The bed bugs are coming in on the clothing as these countries do not consider them a problem. He recommends that if you buy any new clothing, even underwear and socks, sheets, towels, etc. that you bring them into the house and put them in your clothes dryer for at least 20 minutes. The heat will kill the bugs and their eggs. DO NOT PURCHASE CLOTHES AND HANG THEM IN THE CLOSET FIRST. It does not matter what the price range is of the clothing, or if the outfit comes from the most expensive store known in the U.S. They still get shipments from these countries and the bugs can come in a box of scarves or anything else for that matter. That is the reason why so many stores, many of them clothing stores have had to shut down in New York City and other places. All you need is to bring one item into your house that has bugs or eggs and you will go through the time of your life trying to get rid of them. He travels all over the country as a Prevention Adviser to many of these stores, and after they have the bug problem.•
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