The Bed Bugs are Coming, The Bed Bugs are Coming

Bed bugs' ability to withstand inbreeding and still produce healthy offspring is one of the reasons just one or two introductions into a building can soon result in a serious infestations, researchers announced at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) annual meeting. After virtually disappearing in the 1950s, Cimex lectularius, the common

Bed Bugs in Seattle IRS Building!

SEATTLE -- The mere mention of the Internal Revenue Service is enough to make most people squirm, but now some of the agency's own employees are feeling queazy after discovering bedbugs in their office. An IRS worker first spotted a single bedbug at the Seattle office in October. An exterminator trapped a second bug,

Technology from Wash. lab could target bedbugs

Technology from Wash. lab could target bedbugs The Associated Press RICHLAND, Wash. — Scanning technology developed at a Richland lab to screen airplane passengers could soon be used to target bedbugs. The technology developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been licensed to a startup company in Corvallis, Ore., as part of a White

ROACHES ON A PLANE

You've heard of snakes on a plane, now here come bugs on a plane. Roaches on a Plane North Carolina couple is suing AirTran Airways, alleging that cockroaches crawled out of air vents and overhead carry-on bins during a flight from Charlotte to Houston in September. Attorney Harry Marsh and his fiancé Kaitlin Rush say

Coffee firm snared by regulatory miscues

From the Seattle Times... Jeff Babcock, owner of Zoka Coffee Roaster & Tea, has spent the past month learning a painful and public lesson in bureaucratic process. On Sept. 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted on its website a warning letter to Zoka, saying it had found evidence of rodent and insect