Ealing Central Library closes after bed bugs are spotted in furnishings. Pest controllers in London report being "inundated" with calls about the blood-sucking insects and say their spread is "out of control".
Sometimes steaming linens is not enough if they get into headboards, box springs, the joints and screw holes of furniture, or power sockets or otherwise in the walls.
They’re a plague of apathy. The more they’re allowed to entrench, the harder they are to remove. It’s criminal negligence that a lot of places don’t even steam the linens, though at least it’s something.
Sometimes steaming linens is not enough if they get into headboards, box springs, the joints and screw holes of furniture, or power sockets or otherwise in the walls.
They’re a plague of apathy. The more they’re allowed to entrench, the harder they are to remove. It’s criminal negligence that a lot of places don’t even steam the linens, though at least it’s something.