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November 21, 2012

Pill Makes Your Blood Poisonous to Bedbugs

Kent Sepkowitz, Newsweek


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Man’s inept struggle against that tiny and most annoying of all pests, the bedbug, took a turn for the better this month with a report of a clever new way to knock the little guys off. Not a minute too soon either—it seems like they’re everywhere. Reports of infestation in New York City number in the tens of thousands, and getting rid of them can cost thousands of dollars.

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