 |
| Bedbugs (album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The
rising popularity of online holiday shopping has given rise to an
unexpected horror: Bedbugs and other insects are spreading into homes
through shipped goods.
"Cardboard boxes are especially problematic because they offer good insulation for bugs," says Dr. Shripat Kamble, former director of the certification program for the Entomological Society of America and a professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska. “They have a lot of corrugation and corrugated materials offer a lot of hiding places for insects.”
"Cardboard boxes are especially problematic because they offer good insulation for bugs," says Dr. Shripat Kamble, former director of the certification program for the Entomological Society of America and a professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska. “They have a lot of corrugation and corrugated materials offer a lot of hiding places for insects.”
What can be hiding inside the packages you order online?
For starters, live adult specimens and egg cases of biting insects such as bedbugs, spiders, ants, and fleas. Packages also can harbor pests such as Asian cockroaches, Indian meal moths, carpet beetles, red flour beetles, and wood-boring insects such as termites and powder post beetles.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/Headline/bedbugs-mail-Christmas-packages/2013/12/13/id/541670#ixzz2nYobvyb1
Alert: What Is Your Risk for a Heart Attack? Find Out Now
No comments:
Post a Comment