Category Archives: Audio & Video

NBC Today Show: Back to School with Bed Bugs

Bed Bugs are greeting some college students as they head back to school. TODAY’s Matt Lauer talks to Entomologist Richard Cooper about avoiding the pests.

CBS Early Show: Bed Bugs at College

Colleges are ground zero for bedbugs, so students need to study up on how to avoid them. Richard Cooper, author of ”The Bedbug Handbook,” shares tips with Maggie Rodriguez.

PCT Podcast: Rick Cooper’s Bed Bug Field Observations

PCT’s Brad Harbison caught up with bed bug expert Rick Cooper, technical director, Cooper Pest Solutions, to find out his bed bug field observations from having treated many accounts in New York City and New Jersey.

PCT Podcast: Christian Hardigree Discusses Bed Bugs and Legal Implications

Pest Control Technology’s Brad Harbison talks with Christian Hardigree, professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an expert on bed bug legal issues.

KXAS Dallas and NBC Affiliates Air Different Slant on Bed Bugs

Preventing bed bugs from traveling home with the unsuspecting vacation or business traveler is the focus of NBC KXAS Dallas in its news story, “Keep Bed Bugs From Hitching a Ride Home”.

Comparing Mattress Encasements - Part 3

Mattress Encasement Study (Part 3 of 3)
Continued - Research on the effectiveness of a number of commercially available mattress encasements in preventing the escape of bed bugs.

Comparing Mattress Encasements - Part 2

Mattress Encasement Study (Part 2 of 3)
Research on the effectiveness of a number of commercially available mattress encasements in preventing the escape of bed bugs

Comparing Mattress Encasements - Part 1

Mattress Encasement Study (Part 1 of 3)
Discusses various methods for dealing with mattresses infested with bed bugs, and the role that mattress encasements play.

Dateline NBC: Where Bed Bugs Hide

Extermintors Rick Cooper and Jeff White discuss the favorite hiding places of bedbugs.

Dateline NBC: Mattress Autopsy

Entomologists Richard Cooper and Jeff white slice and dice used mattresses to see what’s hiding inside.