A letter was recently published in the New York Times regarding a bed bug dilemma. Apparently the writer of the letter was told in secret by her mother that her brother has bed bugs. The writer is concerned that the brother will spread the bed bugs all over the house of a relative where the family will be staying.

Everyone in the house can be attacked by bed bugs and it doesn’t stop there. These new bed bug infested people will unintentionally transport the odious insects to their place of work, to their friends homes to movie theaters etc.

The brother hasn’t even told his landlady he has bed bugs. Oh the outrage! That shows a lack of concern for his neighbors. Delaying the bed bug eradication treatments will also make the procedure more expensive for the landlord.

It seems the NYC Times writer that responded to the letter has it correct. The letter writer should tell her mom to take care of this situation and if she won’t the letter writer should help her brother with his bed bug problem. One bed bug infested person can spread bed bugs all over the place. Social responsibility should be a high priority.

If you have  NJ,  NYC bed bugs ask a NJ, NYC bed bug pest control expert to eliminate them.

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NJ and NYC residents may be interested to know that in a recent bed bug article, the NYC Times Ms. Konrad stated that “fraudulent exterminators peddling money-wasting treatments that do not work.” Missy Henriksen of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) wrote a clarification/rebuttal piece. She pointed out the comment is not true and she mentioned the statement “is not reflective of an industry that takes its professionalism seriously.” It seems that in most industries there are going to be a very small percentage of people who are not professional and are looking to take advantage of people.

The National Pest Management Association’s, consumer website, Pestworld.org offers expert advice in preventing and treating bed bugs. It also provides a zip code locater which allows consumers to search for licensed pest professionals who have the ability to identify bed bugs and eradicate them.

The NYC Times article also mentioned this: “Counterintuitive as it may sound, you probably want to steer clear of pest control companies that emphasize their bed bug expertise.” That’s a bit of an odd statement. If a company states they kind of, sort of, maybe have bed bug expertise then is that the bed bug pest control company that should be selected?

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At Stern Environmental we realize that people living with bed bug infestations have to deal with the annoying skin irritations on a daily basis. We also realize that bed bugs infestations and bed bug bites are emotionally upsetting. In an effort to help those that believe they might have bed bug bites but are not sure, we are asking people to send us pictures and videos of their bed bug bites. We will post them on our blog in order to educate our readers.

The pictures and videos can be useful for those trying to figure out if bed bugs or other types of insects have attacked them. For those that want to contribute to our collection of photographs and videos please send them to info@sternenvironmental.com and your submissions will be truly appreciated.

A large number of people living in NJ, NYC and all over the country and the world believe they have been victims of the odious bed bugs but actually they have been victims of other insects or something else. Medical experts are not always correct with their analysis of skin irritations, including bed bug bites. Having the opportunity to view actual bed bug bites can be quite useful to the public. We would really appreciate your help with this project.