I highly doubt that. You probably posted your article in News/Activism, which is reserved for actual news stories - not vanity posts.
Had you posted it in Chat or Bloggers, it wouldn't have been yanked.
Thank goodness I’ve escaped bed bugs, but for roaches:
The whole Integrated Pest Management racket involving endless, expensive pesticide applications, can be gone around with 1 simple thing:
* After carefully cleaning out any clutter
* Get a transparent, 2/3 full “catsup/mustard” container of Boric Acid,
* tap it to cause atomization,
* disperse a thin layer around the edges of a room.
It works. Nothing else does. It’s cheap.
Thankfully it wasn’t bedbugs. They can survive 18-months without feeding and are a costly challenge to get rid of.
I suspect I brought back scabies which aren’t hard to get rid of as they die without feeding (biting you) in 3 to 5 days. But the eggs can hatch and reinfest. Permethrin 10% for animals reduced with body lotion to 1.5%-2% applied head-to-foot for 15 minutes is a fraction of the cost and stronger than 1% over-the-counter Nix. I read horror stories of people with long-term itches. It seemed they had pets they didn’t treat or get rid of, had family members who passed them around, too small a small residence to sleep/sit in different spots. Another internal medicine was diluted ivermectin paste for horses which thankfully I never had to do.
Bag the mattresses, so those outside can’t get in and those inside can’t get out. If the bag gets a hole in it, put another bag over the top of the old one.
No point in buying a new mattress until you’re sure they’re gone.
“Times Columnist Bret Stephens Has A Total Meltdown After Being Called A ‘Bedbug’ On Twitter”
http://digg.com/2019/bret-stephens-bedbug
If one tenant brings in bedbugs that create an infestation, then, yes, you as the landlord are of course responsible not to have spread to the other tenants on your property.
One of many, many reasons I don’t take tenants. But I know plenty of people who do, and their exterminators also.
It appears the favorite poison is diatomaceous earth. It’s not toxic to pets or humans, yet it kills bugs rapidly and decisively. I tried it on my carpenter bees once. Once was all it took.
Exterminators prefer multiple weaponry. One dose of this, another of that. You can safely handle the DE yourself and save a few hundred dollars.
Don’t go heating plastic, although slip covers and pillows in a hot clothes dryer will help. Bugs don’t survive the heat. See that you do.
But to be truly safe, don’t take tenants. Get a hefty deposit on an installment contract for the deed. More than they care to lose. If they default and leave you bugs, at least the forfeited money will pay the exterminator.
Your post on this subject was removed by moderators and so you posted it again? Did I get that right?