New Jersey pest control professionals can attest to the fact that bed bugs are stealthy creatures.  It only takes one pregnant female popping up in a previously un-infested house to multiply to a family of 30,000 bed bugs in six months.  Bed bugs can be found just about anywhere people frequent and are excellent hitchhikers.  As many homeowners and pest control operators are finding out throughout the United States, many strains of bed bugs have become resistant to most of the pesticides that are available.  Homeowners are learning that store bought pesticides do not work on bed bugs.  People who choose to use bug bombs quickly realize that the bed bugs will spread like wild fire to other areas within the structure.

Pest control professionals that use an Integrated Pest Management approach to pest management problems can achieve success controlling all pest issues.

HudsonReporter.com reported on February 4, 2012 that Clarendon Elementary in Secaucus, New Jersey found bed bugs in a classroom.  It is believed that a student transported the bed bugs in from the home environment.  The school district immediately contacted Stern Environmental Group, which is their pesticide control manager.

Out of concern for the well-being of the children and staff, Stern Environmental Group was proactive in their treatment of the building, yet did not use any pesticides that could be harmful to those who entered the building.  Stern used the Cryonite system, which uses rapid freezing to kill bed bugs and other insects in all life stages.  Cryonite uses liquid C02 to kill bed bugs and is perfect for use in schools because it is non-toxic, there is no risk of contamination, and there is no risk of bed bugs becoming resistant to it.  Stern Environmental Group also used 145 degree heat to bake bed bugs to death.  These two integrated systems proved to work for the Secaucus school as no bed bugs have since been found by the pest control professional, the health inspector, or the bed bug sniffing dog.  You may read the article here.