Bedbugs make a return via low-cost flights (Envirowacko alert)

Guardian ^ | Sep 22, 2008 | Terry Macalister

[fightinJAG]

Increased foreign travel and a lack of awareness have been blamed for the rise in bedbug infestations being reported by airlines, train and bus companies.

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"We think that some of the problems result from changing lifestyles: the increasing amount of foreign travellers returning home with second-hand clothes and furniture is a major source of the problem. But the banning of certain chemicals in the 1960s and 1970s around the European Union plus a general lack of awareness is also to blame," said Rentokil spokesman, Malcolm Padley.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Increased foreign travel and a lack of awareness have been blamed for the rise in bedbug infestations being reported by airlines, train and bus companies.

Right, because if you're aware of bedbugs, they get up and leave. The environmentalists can take credit for the bedbugs, thanks to the misguided DDT ban which has cost who-knows-how-many thousands of lives worldwide due to malaria.

[Leo Farnsworth]

That’s why I only fly Gulfstream. Less bedbugs.

[MrEthiopian]

This is a serious issues that’s been plaguing our nation for some time, I insist that congress immediately stop work on everything, appoint a committee and rectumfy this situation.

Regards