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08/30/10 - Source: CBS 3 and CW
CBS interviews Jeffrey White on how BedBug University: Boot Camp by BedBug Central is educating pest management firms across the nation and Canada to effectively treat bed bugs.
08/20/10 - Source: ABC 7 New York
Jeffrey White appears on a live ABC News segment to answer viewers’ bed bug questions in real time.
08/20/10 - Source: WPIX Morning Show on Channel 11
In this extensive interview on WPIX’s Morning Show, Jeffrey White is given enough time to walk viewers through the many considerations about bed bugs and how they are affecting society.
08/19/10 - Source: NBC 4 LX New York
Jeffrey White interviews with NBC show, LX New York, in what we consider to be the most visually appealing interview that BedBug Central has done.
08/19/10 - Source: CBS News
CBS News interviews Richard Cooper on how and why bed bugs are so prevalent in public venues and what steps people can take to avoid them.
08/19/10 - Source: ABC World News
Jeff White is featured on the ABC Network’s show, World News, in a segment discussing some of politics behind treating bed bugs nation-wide.
08/19/10 - Source: WPIX Channel
WPIX interview BedBug Central’s research entomologist, Richard Cooper, on the Scope of bed bug infestations in public spaces throughout New York City.
08/17/10 - Source: CNBC - Street Signs with Erin Burnett
CNBC financial news show, “Street Signs with Erin Burnett” interviews Jeffrey White to discuss how bed bugs are impacting the business sector.
07/29/10 - Source: The Dylan Ratigan Show
The Dylan Ratigan Show invites BedBug Central’s Jeffrey White to speak about bed bug detection and prevention after New York City invests $500,000 to fight bed bugs.
07/27/10 - Source: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
Watch Now! BedBug Central research entomologist Jeffrey White appears on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams to educate viewers nation-wide about the rising bed epidemic across the country.
07/23/10 - Source: NY1 News Network
BedBug Central entomologist Jeffrey White interviews with NY1 to discuss how local New York City communities can protect themselves against bed bugs.
07/14/10 - Source: Russian State TV & Radio
BedBug Central's Jeffrey White was interviewed by “Russian State Television and Radio" about the country's growing bed bug problem.
07/06/10 - Source: Good Day New York Show
BedBug Central’s lead research entomologist, Jeffrey White, was featured on Fox 5 News Channel’s “Good Day New York” morning show to address NYC's growing bed bug problem and offer prevention tips.
07/06/10 - Source: Fox 5 News, New York
BedBug Central’s research entomologist, Jeff White, was featured on the Fox 5 ten o’clock news to talk to New Yorkers about the city’s increasing bed bug problem.
07/06/10 - Source: New York Daily News
Richard Cooper speaks to the New York Daily News about infestations in NYC that have shut down popular clothing stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch and movie theaters.
07/06/10 - Source: Newsweek
Richard Cooper is interviewed by the Russian Bureau of Newsweek to discuss the country's recent spike in bed bug activity.
07/06/10 - Source: Around the World Radio
Richard Cooper is Interviewed by Around the World Radio to discuss how to have a bed bug free vacation.
06/30/10 - Source: ABC 7
A new bill in New York City's legislative pipeline will require that schools notify parents and the surrounding community if bed bugs are discovered.
05/05/10 - Source: Lizabiggers.com
After discovering she had a bed bug infestation, New York artist, Liza Biggers, creates a humorous and illustrated public service announcement.
04/13/10 - Source: New York Times Magazine
Apartment tenants are faced with the difficult task of deciding whether or not they should disclose the presence of bed bugs to neighbors.
04/02/10 - Source: 10Connect.com
Florida man successfully sues hotel over bed bug bites, indicating that hotels need to take proactive steps bed bugs inspection and treatment or prepare to payout.
03/25/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Renee Corea, public bed bug policy advocate, steps down after creating the New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board in classic David v. Goliath fashion.
03/11/10 - Source: PCT Magazine
As bed bugs spread to office buildings, Bed Bug Central's Richard Cooper co-authors special field-study report that assess the risks and identifies effective treatment options.
03/09/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Bed Bug Central tips its hat to the city of Boston for footing the bill on educational bed bug seminars for the public.
02/26/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Richard Cooper, research entomologist for Bed Bug Central, meets with New Jersey's multi-family property owners to help them assess bed bug risks and prevention methods.
02/12/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Jeff White addresses the dangers of bed bugs to the real estate industry at the Institute of Real Estate Management's 2010 Tri-State Conference.
02/03/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Bed Bug Central Entomologists have Created New Content to Make Bed Bugs 101 Among the Most Comprehensive Information Resources on the Web About Bed Bugs.
01/29/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
“Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite You in Court” Explores the Realities of Bed Bug Management and Litigation in Hospitality.
01/27/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Popular media outlet's coverage of the D.I.Y. bed bug monitor misrepresent the device's purpose and could lead to misuse.
01/07/10 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Bed Bug Central partnered with bedbugFREE members across the nation to donate more that $40,000 in bed bug services to charities and those in need this holiday season.
12/28/09 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Bed Bug Central entomologists partnered with Rutgers University to package an affordable D.I.Y. bed bug monitor.
12/22/09 - Source: Science News
University researchers create an effective D-I-Y bed bug detector using easily accessible household products.
11/18/09 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Richard Cooper will be appearing on the Dr. Oz Show as a bed bug expert along side Dini Miller, Ph.D. on Friday Nov. 20th.
10/05/09 - Source: Bed Bug Central News
Nationally-syndicated, morning talk show is currently seeking individuals or families to speak about their bed bug experience.
10/01/09 - Source: Bed Bug Central
New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has recently appointed Richard Cooper of Bed Bug Central to the New York City Bed Bug Advisory Board.
09/25/09 - Source: nydailytimes.com
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, located in Manhattan, has been temporarily closed due to multi-level bed bug infestation of a central campus building.
09/24/09 - Source: ABC New 7-The Denver Channel
A Denver public library had to destroy 31 rare books and undergo fumigation after a patron returned bed bug infested books.
09/17/09 - Source: CMAJ and New York vs. Bed Bugs
The Canadian Medical Association Journal findings suggest that prolonged bed bug infestation can cause severe anemia or low red blood count.
09/16/09 - Source: BBC News- http://www.bbc.co.uk/
U.K. authorities have acknowledged that the number of bed bug infestations has steadily been increasing in past years.
09/15/09 - Source: http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/
The Bed Bug Advisory Board for New York City will convene to create policy and address the city's infestations epidemic.
09/11/09 - Source: PRNewswire
As bed bug infestations rise, the health care industry moves to address the growing concern by creating a white paper.
09/10/09 - Source: 6abc.com
Wilmington, DE firefighters forced to turn their attention to bed bugs.
07/20/09 - Source: PCT Magazine
ClimbUp Insect Interceptors are discussed in this article published by PCT Magazine.
06/18/09 - Source: Bed Bug Central
Entomologists Richard Cooper and Jeff White to answer Bed Bug Questions during Protect-A-Bed's Twitter Q&A on 6/23/2009.
06/08/09 - Source: Pest Control Technology Magazine
PCT’s Dan Moreland and Brad Harbison preview the upcoming bed bug seminars featuring Dr. Michael Potter, Rick Cooper and bed bug legal expert Christian Hardigree.
06/03/09 - Source: The Ohio State University
Scientists at Ohio State University have discovered that combining bed bug's own chemical signals with a common pest control agent makes the treatment more effective in killing bed bugs.
05/07/09 - Source: Univ. of Nebraska IANR
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln Extension is holding a Bed Bug Workshop titled "Bed Bugs: What You Need to Know".
04/20/09 - Source: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Posts Documents From National Bed Bug Summit, which was held on April 14th and 15th in Arlington, Virginia.
04/16/09 - Source: Bed Bug Central
VIDEO: The Washington Sketch (Washington Post) goes undercover and between the sheets at the EPA's National Bed Bug Summit in Virginia.
04/15/09 - Source: NBC: Today Show
The Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a two-day summit to fight the growing bedbug problem
03/18/09 - Source: Bed Bug Central
The EPA has scheduled a Bed Bug Summit to be held April 14th - 15th 2009 at their headquaters in Washington DC.
01/30/09 - Source: The Daily Aztec
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite! It's more than just a cute bedtime saying. Bed bugs are real, they do bite and they have recently been seen on the San Diego State campus.
01/14/09 - Source: US News and World Report
A resistance to insecticides appears to be why bed bugs are making a comeback in some urban areas, a new study says.
01/13/09 - Source: The New York Times
Complaints about bed bugs in New York City are rising steadily. As any health official can attest, the only good thing about these nighttime pests is that they don’t seem to cause disease.
01/12/09 - Source: LiveScience.com
Bed bugs are back, as many urbanites know. And while exterminators usually can eliminate bed bugs, a study shows that some of the pesky insects are developing resistance to pesticides.
01/08/09 - Source: MSNBC.com
Health officials said the best way to combat the city’s bed bug problem was to raise awareness, and now the whole world knows about the area’s resurgent pests.
01/08/09 - Source: www.Cinncinnati.com
Cincinnati's health department has stopped inspecting for bed bugs, despite a 10-fold increase last year in requests for help with the problem.
01/06/09 - Source: Los Angeles Times
The biting insects, which can live in mattresses and wall cracks, led to hundreds of complaints in the city last year. It's hard to determine the national scope of the problem.
12/31/08 - Source: My Fox Colorado
Bed bugs creeping up the wall, coming out the woodwork, burrowing in the boxsprings. JoDean Persichetti says the bugs arrived right after her rented furniture moved in.
12/31/08 - Source: Canada.com
About four weeks ago, Province readers were introduced to Laura Powell, a single mother of two young children who was in the midst of an ongoing war with bed bugs.
12/16/08 - Source: Canada.com
The bed bugs are still biting in Ted Kuhn tower and tenants are complaining, but a manger for BC Housing, the building's operator, says some residents are impeding efforts to control the pests.
12/15/08 - Source: MercuryNews.com
Saccapilltio and her four young daughters were the latest victims in the shelter's ongoing battle with those pesky nocturnal parasites that feast on the blood of warm-blooded animals- bed bugs.
12/12/08 - Source: PRNewswire
With an estimated 80 million people expected to travel this holiday season, it's likely they'll be focused on enjoying the company of good friends and family, but bed bug experts warn the holiday getaways they've been looking forward to could quickly be ruined by some unwanted friends.
12/10/08 - Source: 5 WLWT.com
The bed bug problem is so bad in the Tri-State that exterminators are hiring some four-legged help to root out the dreaded insects.
12/09/08 - Source: Furniture World Magazine
Protect-A-Bed, a leading provider of bed bug proof mattress and box spring encasements, reported that in 2008 more than 65 percent of the company’s consumer-based internet sales are coming from the New York City metro area, as residents battle infestations at home.
12/08/08 - Source: NBC The Today Show
TODAY consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman discovers new ways to get rid of bed bugs.
12/03/08 - Source: NBC4i.com
There's concern and confusion among families in Franklin County over a growing problem: bed bugs.
12/03/08 - Source: Faceoff.com
Ms. Dziedziczak began weeping as she told her friend of her embarrassing secret. Her apartment was infested with bed bugs. She couldn't believe it, because she worked so hard to keep her home clean.
12/02/08 - Source: Startribune.com
This holiday season you could leave Grandma's house with more than a bag of leftovers.
12/01/08 - Source: NBC Philadelpiha
Very unwelcomed guests are making their home at an Allentown, PA apartment building.
11/26/08 - Source: PCT Online
Kama’aina Termite & Pest Control recently completed work at the largest structure ever to be fumigated for bed bugs: an upscale hotel in Kona, Hawaii.
11/20/08 - Source: CTV.ca
City officials have seen a 1,000 per cent increase in calls about bed bugs in the last eight months. Last year, the City of Toronto received about 144 calls about bed bugs. This year, the city has fielded nearly 1,500 complaints so far.
11/19/08 - Source: Cleveland NewsNet5.com
A Case Western Reserve University law student filed a lawsuit this week against Reserve Square Apartments. He said his apartment is infested with bedbugs.
11/16/08 - Source: The Boston Globe
Leonina Heringer of Somerville, 55, is on a mission to help people identify bed bugs and tells them how to prepare for treatment. Just last week, she called to prod the city's inspection service office after a resident told her they had missed an appointment.
11/10/08 - Source: FOX5 News
A complaint about dirty mattresses on the sidewalk turned into chaos when Fox 5's John Deutzman went to check things out. Along the way, he says he learned some creepy things about bed bugs, old mattresses and how sensitive people in the controversial used mattress business can be.
11/10/08 - Source: Philadelphia Business Journal
Colleges and universities all over the country are battling a virtual bed bug epidemic. According to noted entomologist Richard Cooper from BedBugCentral.com, college dormitories are the perfect setting for these pests to feed and breed.
11/03/08 - Source: WKYT.com
For months residents at the Ballard Griffith Apartment towers have been living with bed bugs. Now, the towers are becoming a polling location on Election Day.
10/29/08 - Source: KOB.com New Mexico
Keeping the bed bugs from biting has been a challenge at one Four Corners motel.
10/27/08 - Source: WFSB Eyewitness News Ch.3
In Waterbury, Connecticut, parents are being urged to check their children after officials said a student went to school with bed bugs.
10/22/08 - Source: Cinncinati.com
Cincinnati police officers and firefighters who unwittingly broughtbed bugs from their jobs into their homes should get financial help to get rid of the pests, City Council says.
10/17/08 - Source: U.S. News and World Report
Between 2001 and 2006, commercial "bug bomb" insect deterrents caused 466 cases of acute pesticide-related illness or injury in eight states, U.S. researchers reported Thursday
10/16/08 - Source: KCTV 5 Missouri
A family new to the area said they complained about what was crawling in their sheets at a Kansas City motel and then found themselves evicted.
10/15/08 - Source: WHAS ABC Channel 11
Bed bugs were once considered all but eradicated, but exterminators say the bugs are making a comeback. If you buy a new bed, you may think you don’t have to worry about bed bugs, but that isn’t always the case.
10/14/08 - Source: CBCNews.ca
A Toronto municipal councillor wants the city's health board to take steps to declare the growing problem of bed bugs a "health hazard" because of the physical and physiological effects that they have on infested individuals.
10/08/08 - Source: The Quindecim
On Sunday, September 28 all 94 Goucher residents of the Dulaney Valley Apartments were e-mailed and told they would not be moving into the unfinished Quarter, but would be moved out of their apartments immediately due to confirmed rumors of a bed bug infestation.
10/06/08 - Source: The Star
Residents of our Northern neighbor, like Maxine Davidson, struggle with bed bugs invading their homes just as us in the USA. Read more about how Canadians are handling bed bug infestations.
10/03/08 - Source: www.Newsday.com
New Jersey lawmakers want to do something about the things that go bite in the night.
10/03/08 - Source: NBC 5
Itchy pests are invading some Middletown homes, but a new detection method is helping to root out the problem.
10/02/08 - Source: The Beacon
Recently some Wilkes University residents have learned to take the old cliche, "Don't let the bed bugs bite," as gospel.
09/10/08 - Source: Press of Atlantic City
Bed Bugs are not the only pest that can be inserted into the phrase "Sleep Tight, Don't let the ... Bite"
09/03/08 - Source: MSNBC
Laptops, textbooks and new jeans are among the must-haves for college students heading back to campus, but the most common back-to-school item may well be the blood-sucking bedbug.
08/29/08 - Source: NBC Today Show
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.
08/28/08 - Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle
As reported in the Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn complaints to the city about bedbugs have surged more than 1,900 percent since 2004.
08/25/08 - Source: CBS Early Show
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.
08/21/08 - Source: USA Today
Greg Toppo of USA Today reports that Bed Bugs are on the rise in college dormatories across the United States.
07/07/08 - Source: Pest Control Technology Magazine
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.
05/29/08 - Source: Pest Control Technology Magazine
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.
05/19/08 - Source: NBC Dallas
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”.
03/18/08 - Source: NBC Dallas
This is a letter written by Richard Cooper expressing his concern regarding an article written by David Segal (Washington Post).
02/05/08 - Source: NBC Dallas
A review of the book "Bed Bugs Uncovered" - Reviewed by Bart Jones.
01/01/08 - Source: NBC Dallas
Richard Cooper presented reserach to the National Entomological Society of America (ESA) in December 2007, comparing the leading mattress encasements that are advertised as being effective in bed bug management.
08/28/07 - Source: Pest Control Technology Magazine
08/28/07 - Source: Association for Progressive Rental Organizations
06/28/07 - Source: New Jersey Apartment Association
05/01/07 - Source: New Jersey Apartment Association

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