Is Norwood crawling with Bed Bugs? According to a study released from Orkin, Southwest Ohio ranks high on the National scale. Cincinnati was fifth in the United States and Dayton ranked 11th in the number of treatments from January to December 2012, the study showed. In 2011, Cincinnati was No. 1 in the nation and Dayton was 15th.
Ron Harrison, Orkin entomologist and technical services director, said in a statement that the list shows that bed bugs continue to be “a problem” throughout the U.S. and based on the diversity of cities on the list, all travelers need to be “very cautious.”
Bed bugs are about the size and color of a flat apple seed, and are found not only on mattresses and upholstery, but in suitcases, boxes, shoes, wallpaper and headboards, he said. Bed bugs are parasitic insects of the cimicid family that feed exclusively on blood.
In Norwood City Council meeting March 12, 2013 council members were discussing how to deal with furniture that had been left on the sidewalk. This creates problems for the trash collectors, the neighbors, and for those that take some of these items home. Will they be over run with bed bugs? Will they pass it on to other tenant's? Will they get them and then can not rid their homes of them?
Has the Norwood Health Department made this problem a issue to their residents? Have the Health Department implemented a comprehensive strategy for residents that come to them seeking assistance and guidance?
Let Norwood News and Views know .......what you know. Got any information on how to remove bed bugs once you get them? Any suggestions on how to prevent them. We are listening. Thanks
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