Bedbugs Invade Our Offices

Bedbug infestations continue to take hold across America—nearly one in five US exterminators have found the pests in an office building, USA Today reports. Worse still, in 2007, only 1% of them had done so. In New York, the headquarters of Elle magazine had to be closed for the weekend due to the insects. Time magazine and the Brooklyn DA's office have also dealt with recent infestations. But the problem goes beyond Gotham: IRS offices in Philadelphia and Covington, Ky., have hosted the bedbug horde.

"Cincinnati is awash in bedbugs, and Detroit is coming on strong," a Michigan-based exterminator said, who added that "their ability to survive is legendary." The creatures can go a year without feeding, and two bedbugs can produce more than 1,300 eggs in five months. "We don't have anything that works really well on them."
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