Monthly Archives: October 2019

Bed Bug Information, Bed Bug Resources, Bed Bugs, News

Understanding NJ Bed Bug Treatment Law for Tenants and Landlords

Understanding NJ Bed Bug Treatment Law for Tenants and Landlords
Understanding NJ Bed Bug Treatment Law for Tenants and Landlords

When you own an apartment building or live in one, it’s important for you to become familiar with NJ bed bug laws. As a landlord, this knowledge can help you determine if you need to pay for NJ pest control. As a tenant, this information can help you know what to do if you discover bed bugs in your apartment.

What Tenants Should Do

If you see bed bugs in your home, your first step should be letting your landlord know in writing. Sending it certified mail with return receipt requested is recommended, so that you have proof of this communication.

Your landlord is legally obligated to take care of bed bug infestations in order to provide you with a safe and livable home. However, you might be responsible for paying for these services if your landlord can prove that you caused the infestation.

What Landlords Should Do

Landlords must handle bed bug problems in apartment buildings in order to ensure that tenants have a safe place to live. Whether bed bugs are in one unit or in multiple units, it’s important to eliminate these infestations right away. Landlords are not financially responsible for these services if they can prove that a specific tenant caused a bed bug problem.

If you’re dealing with a bed bug problem, contact Stern Environmental Group for help. Our NJ pest control services include effective and safe bed bug control.

Cockroaches, Commercial Services, Cryonite, News

Cryonite Treatment for Cockroaches

Cryonite Treatment for Cockroaches
Cryonite Treatment for Cockroaches

When it comes to NJ pest control for cockroaches, the use of chemical sprays raises some concerns for property owners, such as the risk of health issues. Fortunately, there’s another option for eliminating these pests. Cryonite provides a way for pest control professionals to freeze cockroaches to death.

How Cryonite Works

Cryonite involves the use of carbon dioxide in a “snow” form. Liquid carbon dioxide is stored in a tank and transformed into a frozen “mist” that reaches temperatures of roughly 108 degrees below zero. When these frozen particles make contact with insects, they kill these bugs quickly.

Even though cockroaches are able to survive in colder temperatures, they can’t handle the sudden and severe drop in temperature when Cryonite particles hit them.

Benefits of Cryonite

Cryonite provides a safe and effective way to kill cockroaches. After being sprayed, Cryonite turns into a gas form and evaporates, which doesn’t leave any residue behind. This type of pest control can be used on a wide range of surfaces where cockroaches are lurking, including furniture, pipes and outlets.

With the use of Cryonite, cockroach eggs are also destroyed, which helps protect homes and businesses from ongoing or additional cockroach infestations.

If you need NJ pest control for cockroaches or other bugs, please contact Stern Environmental Group. Our technicians use Cryonite to eliminate insect pests in your NJ home or business.

Bed Bug Information, Bed Bug News, Bed Bugs, News

Metro Addresses Issue of Bed Bugs on Buses in the City

Metro Addresses Issue of Bed Bugs on Buses in the City
Metro Addresses Issue of Bed Bugs on Buses in the City

As bed bugs continue their infiltration into the lives of New Yorkers, more and more services are being affected, creating a NJ pest control nightmare. Even buses are being taken out of service and quarantined in NYC’s efforts to stop the spread of this pervasive pest.

Are You Bringing Home Bed Bugs from Buses?

Imagine returning home to see bites on yourself or your children, not knowing they’ve potentially come from your stint on the city bus.

How are MTA Officials Handling these Potential Infestations?

When drivers report the potential presence of these pests, the buses are flagged, taken out of commission, and quarantined until deemed clear. Though Union leaders say the presence of bed bugs on buses is unusual, it’s not unheard of.

Despite Concerns, MTA Downplays Reports

To date, the MTA has insisted there have been no confirmed cases of bed bugs on NYC buses, and measures are merely precautionary. The regular cleaning and plastic seats of buses are purported to be a harsh environment for the pests.

All buses reported to have potential infestations were quarantined, inspected, and given the all-clear. The MTA is insisting reports of bed bugs were false alarms and the buses were returned to service.

Take precautionary measures at your home in the fight against bed bugs. Learn more about bed bug monitoring from the NJ pest control experts at Stern Environmental today. 

Bed Bug Information, Bed Bug News, Bed Bugs, News

The Business of Treating Bed Bugs – It’s Growing

The Business of Treating Bed Bugs - It's Growing
The Business of Treating Bed Bugs – It’s Growing

Last year’s annual Global Bed Bug Summit drew a record number of attendees. As this biennial event ramps up in the Mile-High City again for November, record-setting attendance is expected as the country battles the rising challenges of bed bug mitigation in a new world where these pests are growing increasingly resistant to common chemical treatments.

Why the Uptick?

With the recent additions of Multi-Family and Business Tracks to the summit’s strong technical sessions, the Denver conference experienced an influx of 30-40% new attendees. These included property managers and affordable housing representatives, in addition to the usual audience of pest control businesses such as your local NJ bed bug exterminator and service professionals.

Bolstering Cooperation

In uncovering the disconnect between these different groups in the beg bug elimination market, the experts at BedBug Central are striving to reach out to previously underserved markets. By strengthening the connection between bed bug treatment pros and multi-family and affordable housing markets, BedBug Central hopes to more effectively aid these markets in the future, improving access to the latest bed bug treatment protocols and gaining better control over these pervasive pests.

Looking for cutting-edge, industry-leading bed bug treatment options that work? Learn more about the latest in safe, effective Cryonite freezing treatments from your NJ bed bug exterminator at Stern Environmental today. 

Disease Carrying Pests, News, Pest Animal Removal, Pest Management, Rats, Rodent Control

Too Smart: Rat Rides the Subway and Exits at 42nd Street

Too Smart: Rat Rides the Subway and Exits at 42nd Street
Too Smart: Rat Rides the Subway and Exits at 42nd Street

Video footage from NYC subway patrons recently showed a rodent hitching a ride on the train. It’s nothing NYC rodent control teams or residents haven’t seen before. Although it was a little amusing to watch the rat’s excursion on Twitter.

Feet Up!

It’s not uncommon for subway passengers to lift their feet while furry stowaways scamper beneath subway seats. The rodent in question in this event was apparently headed for Manhattan’s 42ndStreet, high-tailing it up subway stairs as if late for a meeting.

Why Are So Many Rats Riding the Subway?

It will come as no surprise if you’re a native New Yorker that NYC has a sanitation problem. Trash is everywhere, offering rodents a hospitable home.

Do Subway Rats Bite?

Rats typically avoid people, preferring to emerge when buildings are quiet, but there are exceptions. When rats do attempt cohabitating with humans, they can become aggressive if cornered or threatened.

Though no bites have been known to cause rabies, rats do carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans via bite. This may lead people to wonder if lifting your feet, desperately trying to climb the subway pole, running through the aisle, or fleeing at the next (wrong) stop may not be an overreaction after all.

Don’t join the crowd. Keep rats out of your home/business with the help of the NYC rodent control experts at Stern Environmental today.