Pest Control


  • New Videos Offer Free Training on Bedbug Prevention in Healthcare
    Pest-control company Orkin Commercial Services, has posted a series of free, online videos that help healthcare providers identify and prevent a bedbug infestation – an increasing problem in healthcare facilities.  The videos are taken from Orkin’s ...More
    March 8, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Bedbugs, Scabies and Head Lice Infestations: What You Should Know
    If simply the thought of bedbugs, scabies and head lice makes you feel a little itchy, imagine how those affected by these common infestations feel when they learn what has been creeping around them and causing symptoms such as intense itching, red bite marks or irritated ...More
    March 5, 2010
    Posted in News
  • New White Paper Answers Bed Bug Questions
    With bed bugs continuing to make headlines, pest control company Orkin, Inc. and the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) of the American Hospital Association have released a new white paper to answer questions about bed bugs and their implications ...More
    September 9, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Scientists Use Bed Bugs’ Own Chemistry Against Them
    Scientists have determined that combining bed bugs’ own chemical signals with a common insect control agent makes that treatment more effective at killing the bugs.The researchers found that stirring up the bed bugs by spraying their environment with synthetic ...More
    June 2, 2009
    Posted in News
  • How Bed Bugs Outsmart Poisons Designed to Control Them
    Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain bed bug populations, toxicologists at the University of ...More
    January 9, 2009
    Posted in News
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