There are many new groovy things to have on your list when going to campus
. Unfortunately some students will be carrying bedbugs. But its not really their fault. Bedbugs were originally brought to North America by European colonists and their presence has been documented on the island of Jamaica since 1720.
Colleges and Universities across the country are reporting a scary increase of bedbugs infesting dormitories, and the problem only gets worse when they hitchhike on their coed hosts going from room to room. They also travel very fast through cracks in the walls and electrical sockets.
One of the earliest newspaper articles about bedbugs in the US was from 1905 in which the writer describes clothes and mattresses turned-out in the sun and caked with eggs. With large numbers of students coming from all over the world it is inevitable that someone will bring bedbugs with them. Once the bugs are introduced, they spread rapidly with all of the interactions of students socializing in numerous rooms
In the 1950s because of the use of DDT, Bedbugs were believed to be extinct. It is believed that chicken farmers in 3 US states were the first victims of the latest outbreak. Workers unknowingly carried the bugs to their barracks and they spread from there. Bedbug populations in the United States have increased by 500 percent in the past few years and continue to grow year after year.
Stanford and Ohio State have had infestations and went so far as to clear out dorms. Texas A&M also had to spend a considerable amount of money to combat an infestation. Prevention is the key and the first line of defense if knowledge. The second line of defense is a mattress cover for bed bugs. If they cant get in, they can nest. And if bedbugs are in, then they cant get out to feed and they die.
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