EPA and Bedbugs: Limited Options?
A couple of weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a warning about dealing with bedbug infestations, which have become an increasingly nasty problem of late. EPA warned that consumers, in their zeal to attack the little critters, shouldn't go so far as to spread pesticides intended for outdoor use inside their homes, because that can make both people and pets sick -- or, in the case of flammable garden and lawn chemicals, cause house fires.
Seems like prudent advice. But here's how Glenn Beck's new website, The Blaze, chose to play the story: "'Anguish': US Grapples With Bedbugs as EPA Limits Options."
I guess that's one way of looking at it.
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If EPA is as successful in this PR campaign as it has been in convincing Third-World nations to avoid DDT at all costs, we'll all be scratching like hell pretty soon. Of course, that's better than dying of mosquito-born malaria, as millions of Africans have done thanks to EPA's propaganda campaign.
Ron Posted Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:07 AM