BED BUG spray

[richard]

Having just read this can anyone verify what is the best treatment to use for bed bugs?


CHIANG MAI HOLIDAY TRAGEDY: Sarah Carter.

Traces of chlorpyrifos, which is used to kill bedbugs but has been banned in other countries, have been found in samples that current affairs television show 60 Minutes had independently tested.

Carter, 23, died and her friends Emma Langlands and Amanda Eliason became gravely ill while on holiday in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

A United Nations scientist, Ron McDowall, said there was a strong likelihood Carter died from excessive exposure to the substance, which causes identical symptoms to those suffered by the trio as well as several other tourists who died after staying at the hotel.

The fact traces of chlorpyrifos were found three months after Carter's death and after the room was cleaned suggested there was a high concentration when she was staying there.

"I think she has been killed by an overzealous sprayer who's been acting on the instructions of the hotel owner to deal with bed bugs," McDowall said.

Even a slight mistake in the dosage of chlorpyrifos, which has been banned for indoor use in many countries, could be lethal, he said.

McDowall checked his theory with other experts from New Zealand and Italy, who supported his belief that Carter was killed by the chemical.

"Their reaction was that it's quite clear that it's chlorpyrifos poisoning... the symptoms are the same, the pathology is the same and the proxy indicates that the chemical was present in the room."

A Thailand police inspector said police were looking into the possibility the tourists were killed by over exposure to pest control chemicals.

Carter's father Richard Carter said it was "good to get an answer" about how his daughter died.

"It's still pretty horrific that they have such low standards that that can happen," he said.

Sarah Carter's mother, Anna Carter, said she hoped action would be taken so other tourists would not die.

-- The Dominion Post and NZPA 2011-05-08

[Siani]

Having just read this can anyone verify what is the best treatment to use for bed bugs?


CHIANG MAI HOLIDAY TRAGEDY: Sarah Carter.

Traces of chlorpyrifos, which is used to kill bedbugs but has been banned in other countries, have been found in samples that current affairs television show 60 Minutes had independently tested.

Carter, 23, died and her friends Emma Langlands and Amanda Eliason became gravely ill while on holiday in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

A United Nations scientist, Ron McDowall, said there was a strong likelihood Carter died from excessive exposure to the substance, which causes identical symptoms to those suffered by the trio as well as several other tourists who died after staying at the hotel.

The fact traces of chlorpyrifos were found three months after Carter's death and after the room was cleaned suggested there was a high concentration when she was staying there.

"I think she has been killed by an overzealous sprayer who's been acting on the instructions of the hotel owner to deal with bed bugs," McDowall said.

Even a slight mistake in the dosage of chlorpyrifos, which has been banned for indoor use in many countries, could be lethal, he said.

McDowall checked his theory with other experts from New Zealand and Italy, who supported his belief that Carter was killed by the chemical.

"Their reaction was that it's quite clear that it's chlorpyrifos poisoning... the symptoms are the same, the pathology is the same and the proxy indicates that the chemical was present in the room."

A Thailand police inspector said police were looking into the possibility the tourists were killed by over exposure to pest control chemicals.

Carter's father Richard Carter said it was "good to get an answer" about how his daughter died.

"It's still pretty horrific that they have such low standards that that can happen," he said.

Sarah Carter's mother, Anna Carter, said she hoped action would be taken so other tourists would not die.

-- The Dominion Post and NZPA 2011-05-08

Well in my opinion, just dump the bed and burn the matteress!

[richard]

9 floors up in a condo?

[Siani]

9 floors up in a condo?

Well, dump it, is my advise, bed bugs are really difficult to get rid of apparently, horrible, just dump it, the whole lot including the base.

[richard]

9 floors up in a condo?

Well, dump it, is my advise, bed bugs are really difficult to get rid of apparently, horrible, just dump it, the whole lot including the base.

I'm not saying I've got a serious case of bed bugs. All beds have some bugs and all beds are filled with dead skin. I'm just asking if there is a product which can be periodically used to minimise the pests

[Siani]

9 floors up in a condo?

Well, dump it, is my advise, bed bugs are really difficult to get rid of apparently, horrible, just dump it, the whole lot including the base.

I'm not saying I've got a serious case of bed bugs. All beds have some bugs and all beds are filled with dead skin. I'm just asking if there is a product which can be periodically used to minimise the pests

Well it could be anything How do you know they are bed bugs? Anyway, I found this site...could be useful. Hope you get shot of them, sound horrible...

http://bedbugsremoval.blogspot.com/2010 ... iland.html

[hhfarang]

Richard, if you do find bed bugs and decide to take the aforementioned advice be sure to do it in the recommended order.

1. Dump the mattress (preferably out in the jungle somewhere)

2. Burn it.

Following the instructions in reverse order may upset the neighbors in your condo.

[matthewnoel]

put the mattress is the lift and press 9!

[Condoking]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... oning.html

[PeteC]

To close the loop on this subject, here are the original threads. Pete

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17218

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17344

[PeteC]

For those who don't know what they look like, here is what they call the 'common' bed bug, filled with blood.

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Seems the problem is cropping up everywhere. Associated article from the USA. Pete

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-new ... ck_check=1

[migrant]

I had gotten MRSA this summer and the doctor said it was becoming more prevalent outside hospitals, now this....

Bedbugs With Drug-Resistant MRSA 'Superbug' Germ Found

Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying a staph "superbug." Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant staph bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a downtrodden Vancouver neighborhood.

Bedbugs have not been known to spread disease, and there's no clear evidence that the five bedbugs found on the patients or their belongings had spread the MRSA germ they were carrying or a second less dangerous drug-resistant bacteria.

However, bedbugs can cause itching that can lead to excessive scratching. That can cause breaks in the skin that make people more susceptible to these germs, noted Dr. Marc Romney, one of the study's authors.

The study is small and very preliminary. "But it's an intriguing finding" that needs to be further researched, said Romney, medical microbiologist at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.

The hospital is the closest one to the poor Downtown Eastside neighborhood near the city's waterfront. Romney said he and his colleagues did the research after seeing a simultaneous boom in bedbugs and MRSA cases from the neighborhood.

Five bedbugs were crushed and analyzed. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, was found on three bugs. MRSA is resistant to several types of common antibiotics and can become deadly if it gets through the skin and into the bloodstream.

Two bugs had VRE, or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, a less dangerous form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Both germs are often seen in hospitals, and experts have been far more worried about nurses and other health care workers spreading the bacteria than insects.

It's not clear if the bacteria originated with the bedbugs or if the bugs picked it up from already infected people, Romney added.

The study was released Wednesday by Emerging Infectious Diseases, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[hhfarang]

Another thing to worry about! Might as well

[charlesh]

To be sold chocolate coated in Issaan?