Bed Bug Action Committee

In The News

State tag-teams with cities and towns to wrestle bedbug infestations   2/20/12

"Nashua - For years, New Hampshire city and town health and code enforcement officers have battled infestations of cimex lectularius, the six-legged, bloodsucking scourge of motels, apartment buildings and boarding houses up and down the East Coast.  Nelson Ortega, head of Nashua’s Code Enforcement Department, fields several calls a week about bedbug complaints.

Since last spring, Ortega and other municipal officials have had an ally in the state helping in their battle to control the pests....(read more)

Bed Bug infestation at Nashua boardinghouse 'heartbreaking' even for veteran inspector 9/4/2011

"NASHUA - Between the gross factor, the public health threat of contamination, the skin welts, and the bloodstains on sheets and pillows, a bed bug infestation in a Temple Street flophouse can tear the heart out of even a seasoned health official...(read more)"

Hospitals conduct routine bedbug checks 8/22/2011

"In addition to asking for your birth date and health insurance coverage, two Vermont hospitals have made it standard operating procedure to ask patients if they've been exposed to bed bugs...(read more)"

Research finds bedbugs with bacteria MRSA 5/12/2011

"Anyone who has ever had a bedbug infestation knows full well what a nuisance the pests can be. Unlike ticks and mosquitoes, however, bedbugs are not known to spread disease, and they are generally not viewed as a major public health threat. But a peer-reviewed study published yesterday in a journal of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the pests could play a role in disease transmission...(read more)"

Committee to study bedbugs 3/20/2011

"A new legislative committee has been established to study bedbugs in New Hampshire...(read more)"

NH may study bed bug resurgence  1/19/2011

"CONCORD – Bed bugs are an exploding problem from Nashua to Berlin, according to those who support a state study of how to respond...(read more)"

Local Rep Gavels Bed Bugs - The Forum  1/15/2011
"Third term Rockingham 1 representative John Reagan serves as chair of the House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs. On Tuesday, Reagan’s decision to cut off discussion on HB 75 , a bill to examine the scope of the resurgence of bed bugs in New Hampshire and make recommendations to address the problem...(read more)"

Bedbugs? Don't want to hear it - Concord Monitor  1/12/2011

"Nearly a dozen citizens and advocates were turned away from testifying at a public hearing on bedbugs by a New Hampshire House committee yesterday...(read more)"

House Chair Blocks Public Testimony - NHPR  1/11/2011
"In a departure from standard practice a House Committee Chair blocked citizens from testifying on a bill at the statehouse Tuesday. NHPR’s Dan Gorenstein reports House leadership moved quickly to correct the mistake... (read more)"

Plan for bedbugs study panel nipped - Nashua Telegraph  1/12/2011
"CONCORD – More than a dozen activists angrily complained Tuesday to House Speaker Bill O’Brien, R-Mont Vernon, after a new House committee chairman short-circuited public testimony on creating a commission to study bedbug infestation across the state... (read more)"

Program Aimed To Take Bite Out Of Bedbugs In Manchester

"Manchester has launched a campaign in an affordable housing unit to take a bite out of a bedbug problem, and if it works, the program will spread to the rest of the city like bugs that prompted the response in the first place... (read more)"

NH Bed Bugs: grassroots community organizing against bed bugs
"A new group, NH Bed Bugs, has formed in New Hampshire. And their website indicates that they mean business... (read more)"


The NH Bedbugs project
"Nobugs has a nice post taking note of the remarkable news from New Hampshire of a new organization that will begin its work by taking on the eradication of bed bugs from a Manchester building as a community project... (read more)"

Project to wipe out bed bugs at apartment complex
"The public is being asked to help with a large-scale, mostly-volunteer effort to temporarily relocate 15 families from a downtown apartment building while it is being treated for bed bugs... (read more)"