When Bed bugs bug you!
A Christmas Miracle
By
David Hersh
Sylvia
awoke one morning with a
small bite on her ankle. A week later she received three more bites,
one on the ankle and two on her arm. After four weeks, Sylvia was
getting up to a dozen bites at night, some swelling up to the size of
a quarter, itching. Sylvia suspected bedbugs, and she thought a new
mattress would solve the problem. This didn’t work because the bugs
were all over the room. She moved into her other bedroom infesting
that room, also. Sylvia lived with the Bedbugs for over one year,
embarrassed to tell anyone, including her children, of her problem.
She tried killing the bugs with toxic pesticides from the local
hardware store, used mattress covers, prayer, and hoped they would
just go away.
Exhausted from not sleeping, Sylvia finally called
locally owned A Healthy Home. In tears she said she felt
ashamed that in spite of trying to keep a clean home, her home had in
fact become infested with Bed bugs. The owner assured her that Bed bugs
in fact do not care how clean your home is, they are only interested
in two things, a place to call home, where they can lay their eggs,
and human blood for food. The bite marks she got were the result of
an allergic reaction to the bugs injecting some saliva as an anesthetic before they feed. They feed (mostly) at night, and get away clean. This company was able to
eliminate the problem using only Organic Non-hazardous (MSDS)
products. The Environmental
Protection Agency requires all products which impact on the
environment to have a Material Safety Data Sheet, which describes the
hazards to people and the environment. In addition, the EPA has become concerned that Bed bugs can become resistant to common chemical pesticides used by most exterminators.
Now
that bedbugs have become such a common menace, it is important to
hire an exterminator that uses only Organic pesticides which are safe for
you, your children, and your pets, and which have been proven safe
for the environment.
