Are Bedbugs Lurking In City Agency's Office Building?

Bedbug plush

If bedbugs in the office are the next city scare, sign us up for bubble living. NY1 got an anonymous tip that "workers on eight floors of the Department of Homeless Services building on Beaver Street have been getting bitten by insects since Monday." But the DHS said, "We immediately began taking corrective action, and are extending it to all premises occupied by DHS. We are aggressively addressing the situation with an expert contractor and building management. No DHS employee has reported bites received from our building." Related: David Letterman doesn't understand what why Mary Louise Parker is so freaked out about bedbugs.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 27, 2009 10:38 AM

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spnder

"This topice gives me the creeps. Could we just bring back DDT for a while -- use it only in urban settings???"

I read a couple days ago that bedbugs are pretty much resistant to DDT now...

JenChungsBaby

I'm shocked, shocked that the Department of Homeless Services has bedbugs.

tolu1973

Yeah, second hand clothing stores creep me out with the whole bed bug thing.

You could put most of the clothing in a clothes dryer on high heat for 10 minutes and it would kill them also.

wow 14th street

I think the biggest spread of bedbugs comes

from "Housing Works" and "Goodwill" type of stores

they do not steam clean used clothes and fabrics

or hats.

As a kid we used DDT powder to kill dem bugs

right on the mattress and also killed off our songbirds

and fish in the process.