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Dallas bed bugs expert says he treats 5 to 10 rideshare vehicles per week
WFAA8 ^ | 2/21/2020 | Matt Hoerton

Posted on 02/25/2020 3:24:40 PM PST by nascarnation

A Dallas-based pest exterminator tells WFAA that he treats up to 10 rideshare vehicles per week for bed bugs, a mode of transportation that thousands turn to weekly to get around the metro.

For Don Brooks, owner of Doffdon Pest Control, bed bugs are his life. He travels daily around the metro to rid the nuisance insects (that multiply fast) from both homes and vehicles.

Brooks told WFAA that he's seeing more and more rideshare drivers.

"I probably do five to 10 rideshare cars per week," Brooks said.

"Drivers either see bed bugs, someone complained, or they were suspicious of a customer and just want to make sure."

(Excerpt) Read more at wfaa.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: bed; bedbugs; bug; dallas
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To: Falconspeed

Yeah, there for a while, my house looked like a scene from Supernatural. I had all this white powder protecting every room.


21 posted on 02/25/2020 3:50:56 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Her name “Bed-Bug Betty!?”


22 posted on 02/25/2020 3:53:10 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper
"Her name “Bed-Bug Betty!?"

It is now!

23 posted on 02/25/2020 3:54:12 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: nascarnation

Wow, thanks. Will be in Dallas this weekend and seriously considered not renting a car. Now I will!


24 posted on 02/25/2020 3:55:47 PM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: nascarnation

Ewwwww

I stayed in a budget motel once and got bedbug bites. They are itchy, ugly, and last a long time. I’d never thought about them in a vehicle.


25 posted on 02/25/2020 3:56:52 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: nascarnation

Bed bugs, bed bugs
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?..


26 posted on 02/25/2020 4:03:02 PM PST by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
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To: DannyTN
"And I didn’t give up on the girl, but she quit responding."

Do you mean in the communication sense? ;)

27 posted on 02/25/2020 4:07:01 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: MV=PY

Yeah the communication sense.


28 posted on 02/25/2020 4:08:43 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: nascarnation

29 posted on 02/25/2020 4:17:46 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: nascarnation

The Ft Worth/Dallas area was ranked last September as #3 in the country for bedbugs. Exceeded only by New York City and Philadelphia.


30 posted on 02/25/2020 5:36:59 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: 867V309
'shower with the garden hose'

That'll go down good in Bangor, ME. In February.

31 posted on 02/25/2020 5:45:05 PM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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To: Viking2002


That'll go down good in Bangor, ME

no worries, you can always find trailers for sale or rent...


32 posted on 02/25/2020 5:57:09 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: nascarnation

It would be so easy to get rid of these in Vehicles. All you need is a metal box to hold the car and a heater. Drive the car in and heat the room to 130 degrees for a few hours and then drive out clean.


33 posted on 02/25/2020 6:13:14 PM PST by Revel
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To: Pearls Before Swine

movie theatres are another big vector


34 posted on 02/25/2020 6:35:31 PM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: nascarnation

From hotel to luggage to car as you travel home.


35 posted on 02/26/2020 5:31:54 AM PST by tbw2
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To: nascarnation
The Duquesne Incline, a 143-year old cable car and historic Pittsburgh landmark, had to be shut-down and treated for bedbugs over the summer.


36 posted on 02/26/2020 7:25:00 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: nascarnation
One day in a Bakersfield summer...

No more bedbugs in car.

37 posted on 02/26/2020 7:31:35 AM PST by SIDENET (ISAIAH 5:20)
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To: the_Watchman

“Why would rideshare vehicles be more prone to bedbugs than taxi’s are?”

my exact question ...


38 posted on 02/27/2020 7:32:17 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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