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This is an indication of how bad bed bug infestation is in some parts of New York City. New York Shitty took photos of an assortment of mattresses disposed on the street side one night, and in just one night - we should stress. Some of these mattresses are covered in plastic and carton, perhaps because it has been infested with those pesky bed bugs.Says New York Shitty:

Business leader Mattress Discounters recently gave fifteen new mattresses to the homeless institution, Focus House. The shelter has to contend with intermittent bed bug infestation that instead of helping the homeless find refuge and avoid sleeping in the streets, they end up getting bitten by the pests in the comforts of the shelter.

The shelter has been established to help the homeless become productive citizens. Normally, people don’t have a lot of sympathy for them but  hopefully, this gesture by the mattress company will inspire others to do the same.

If you would like to donate anything, you can go to Focal House’s parent organization www.fishcarson.org.

This is good news to hoteliers and people who enjoy staying at hotels.  If the bed in which you lie on, and from which all other people lie on, is from Mattress Safe® — it has just been recently accredited to be bed bug resistant:

A “Bite Test” and a “Penetration and Escape Test” were performed on Mattress Safe’s “Ultimate” Zippered Encasement by a certified entomologist to 1.) determine whether the bed bugs can actively feed through the fabric of the encasement and 2.) to discover whether the mattress encasement can be used as part of a bed bug exclusion or inclusion process.

This formed part of a press release that the National Pest Management Association had for Halloween. But I’m sharing the more important points, since even when Halloween has passed, these tips are applicable in your households all year round:

While these pests can provide their fair share of scares, NPMA recommends tips for homeowners to limit their trick-or-treaters to neighborhood children, and not the local pests, this Halloween:

1. Keep an eye out for tiny blood spots left behind by bed bugs. They can be found throughout the house, and are not just limited to bedrooms.

It’s a known fact that college dorms could be infested with bed bugs because of the nature and lifestyle kids live there. And while hotel dorm administration take measures to rid the premises of bug infestation, it is admittedly a problem that will not go away.

Just recently, one student in New York claimed to have been attacked by dormitory bed bugs and even took photos of the bite marks to prove this. Worse, these bite marks has trigged an asthma attack. She is filing a lawsuit and suing the hotel dormitory but the company’s president claims that there is not a single hotel in the city that doesn’t have this problem. They have since fumigated the hotel rooms after this incident.

Sometimes, realizing that your mattress is infested with bed bugs come quite a bit late — that is, when you’ve already been bitten by it. And then the problems become much worse. That’s why it’s good to detect bed bug infestation earlier. But how do you know?

Bed bugs, in its early developing stages hide under the folds of your mattresses. Inspecting your mattress closely is the only way of detecting it. These bed bugs are very tiny critters, and as much as it may look ridiculous, having a magnifying glass will be of help to you. You may even find eggs and eggshells on the sides of your mattress.

This is good news to hoteliers and people who enjoy staying at hotels.  If the bed in which you lie on, and from which all other people lie on, is from Mattress Safe® — it has just been recently accredited to be bed bug resistant:

A “Bite Test” and a “Penetration and Escape Test” were performed on Mattress Safe’s “Ultimate” Zippered Encasement by a certified entomologist to 1.) determine whether the bed bugs can actively feed through the fabric of the encasement and 2.) to discover whether the mattress encasement can be used as part of a bed bug exclusion or inclusion process.