Bed bugs: How can we know in time?
As we learned at NAR 2011 Annual last month, the growing bed bug problem is one that touches all commercial properties, not just multi-family and hospitality. Offices, shopping centers, theaters, group housing and more are all subject to infestation by these highly mobile pests. If there’s upholstery and walls, there can be bed bugs. The legal risks are staggering, the personal ordeals harrowing and a magic bullet is nowhere in sight. Because the elusive critters make themselves very difficult to spot, a small problem becomes a big one invisibly, making early detection a must to head off potential nightmares.
Predictably, a booming business in bed bug remediation has arisen, encompassing traditional pest control, bed bug detection using specially trained dogs, and a wide range of best practice consulting services to help keep a lid on liabilities and keep property owners and managers well-informed.
Yet the technology of bed bug detection has not been a hotbed (sorry) of high technology. Tending to be old school and beagle-based, the hunting down of early infestations has only begun to see new technologies appear. The two newest are the Verifi Bed Bug Detector and new radio wave detectors under development.
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