Thursday, September 29, 2011

Good Night, Sleep Tight

And let the bedbugs bite:

"Bedbug pesticides sicken scores, kill 1" September 23, 2011|Associated Press

ATLANTA - Bedbugs don’t make you sick. But the poisons used to kill them can.

A government study released yesterday found that dozens of Americans have fallen ill from the insecticides, and a North Carolina woman died after using 18 cans of chemical fogger to attack the tiny blood suckers.

Because many of the cases, including the lone death, were do-it-yourselfers who misused the chemicals or applied the wrong product, federal health officials are warning consumers to be careful and urging them to call professionals....

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"Bedbugs are not known to spread disease, and they are generally not viewed as a major public health threat. But...."

Good night, readers. I usually sleep like a log once the Globe puts me to sleep.