Why are synthetic pesticides bad?

The term synthetic is defined as: ‘something that is produced artificially; devised or fabricated to imitate or replace usual realities’. It describes something that does not exist in Nature but is instead man-made. Why are synthetic pesticides bad? Because they upset the balance of Nature.

Within the natural world, there are checks and balances in place to make sure nothing gets out of whack. For example in the human body, the immune system fights foreign invaders that would make us sick. Without these in place, a minor infection could kill us yet our white blood cells go about attacking infectious bacteria to keep us well.

Disease is a state of being unwell. It is dis-ease with ‘ease’ being a state of health. If the factors that cause disease are not natural, the body has no way to fight them. That is the case with synthetic substances. Again, synthetic upsets the balance of Nature.

Pesticides are defined as: products that are used to kill, compromise or destroy pests. Granted, pesticides can be natural but the vast majority of pesticides used today are synthetic. The boom in synthetic pesticides came after World War II and the best example of a synthetic pesticide is DDT. Ironically, DDT was widely celebrated and even received a Nobel Prize in Medicine yet DDT is the poster child of the dangers of synthetic pesticides.

As a synthetic substance, DDT entered the entire food chain and began wreaking havoc. It was used to kill weeds and the crop that was sprayed then had DDT in the cellular level of every aspect of the plant including the fruit or seed. Animals would eat the DDT-infused feed which then began concentrating in their bodies. Creatures higher up the food chain would eat the vegetation and/or eat the animals that ate the same laced food and the higher up the food chain, the DDT began bio-accumulating at alarming levels. And not just within regulated civilization either – the use of this unnatural chemical began to infiltrate the animals in the wild. Eagle populations dropped significantly and scientists finally realized that DDT levels in the eagles were compromising the hardness of the shells on their eggs, hence the reproduction of eagles was coming to a screeching halt. The eggs were laid but would crack way before the bird was mature.

This realization coupled with many other environmental disasters was pinned directly on the back of DDT and the government had no choice but to ban its use. Many generations later, the eagle population is stabilizing but the detrimental effects of synthetic pesticides remain.

In the human population, these unnatural synthetic pesticides are directly linked to many health issues – ADHD, Autism, Asthma, Cancer, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and many more. Not a good situation.

But there are natural pesticides that are exceptionally effective - Greenbug works great and it is made of nothing but ingredients from Nature herself.  Greenbug uses cedar as the active ingredient – just like cedar chests and closets where you never see a bug.  Greenbug is the ‘green’ way to wipe out bugs!  And Greenbug is completely harmless for humans, animals, the environment and all beneficial creatures like honey bees and butterflies.

Synthetic pesticides cause dis-ease within our bodies and upset the balance of Nature. That is why synthetic pesticides are bad.  Use Greenbug instead.

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You want to prevent mosquito bites because they are a colossal nuisance.  They itch and just won’t stop itching.  Depending on how you react to mosquito bites, you could have a small, irritating bump or a huge, hardening welt that demands your entire focus.

But the reality is, mosquito bites are more than just annoying.  They can be exceptionally dangerous too.  West Nile Virus was first documented in the United States in New York in 1999.  That year, a total of 69 cases were confirmed.  Since then, cases have steadily increased and in 2012, there were almost 6000 cases reported in all states except Alaska and Hawaii.  West Nile Virus (WNV) is a serious disease in some and can lead to permanent neurological damage and even death.  Now there is a good reason to prevent mosquito bites!

Mosquito bites in other parts of the world are great cause for alarm as they carry Malaria and Dengue Fever.  But unfortunately, these diseases are slowly making their way into the United States which takes fear of mosquito bites to a whole new level.

How can you prevent mosquito bites?  The very best way is to avoid being around mosquitoes.   Homeowners have great opportunity to minimize breeding opportunities for these blood suckers. It is a matter of eliminating all standing water.  Standing water can collect in amazing places you’d never think of so in order to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs in water, you have to think like a mosquito.  Even a tiny amount of water in an upturned leaf can support mosquito breeding so vigilance is the key.  After each rain, walk through your yard to investigate possibilities and get rid of water.  The bases of flower pots, the puddle collected on the grill cover, the standing water inside your son’s toy dump truck – all of these are perfect locations.

Next step to prevent mosquito bites is by understanding their behavior.  Peak feeding times are dawn and dusk because many of their animal victims are up and about feeding at those times.  If you have to be outside in these prime time periods, make sure you wear light clothing that covers as much exposed skin as possible.

The primary way to prevent mosquito bites is to make yourself undesirable by using repellent.  Greenbug for People to the rescue! Do NOT use DEET and other toxic chemicals because they are dangerous.  The absorption rates of these synthetic pesticides through the skin are off the charts and these are true poisons meant to compromise brain function in pests – not what you want in your body!  Instead, use Greenbug for People – a safe, natural and green bug repellent that will kill and repel mosquitoes and cause no harm to you, your family, for animals, the environment or beneficial creatures.   If a toxic chemical works on mosquitoes but also kills honey bees and butterflies that are necessary for ecological balance, then that is a big No-No!

Again, use Greenbug for People – a safe, effective and green bug repellent and you will prevent mosquito bites.

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What is West Nile Virus?

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a disease transmitted to humans by certain species of mosquitoes. They carry it back and forth with birds.  If a mosquito bites a bird infected with West Nile Virus and then bites a human, the West Nile Virus then enters the human’s blood.

Of those who are infested with West Nile Virus, 80% will show no symptoms.  Historically, 20% will exhibit flu-like symptoms that pass after a few days.  Less than 1% of people who are infected will develop serious neurological illness.  Those issues are headache, high fever, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, tremors, seizures, paralysis and even death.

Recovery can take several weeks to months for lesser cases and for extreme cases, some neurological effects may be permanent.  Those with compromised immune symptoms are at greatest risk of illness and should take all precautions seriously.  There is no vaccine for WNV nor is there any specific mediation to treat it.  Symptoms are treated and hospitalization is required for advanced cases.

Most infections occur between June and September.   It takes between 2 and 14 days for symptoms to occur in humans and can include headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash.  Most will have a complete recovery but can feel fatigued for weeks or possibly months.

The first case of West Nile Virus in the US was in 1999 and a total of 62 cases were documented that year, all in New York.    That number has exploded as there were more than 5600 reported cases of West Nile Virus in the US in 2012 with cases in all states but Alaska and Hawaii.  Roughly one in four cases was in Texas and the other states with the many cases were California, Louisiana and Illinois, so there is no geographical significance to the frequency of cases.

Mosquitoes prefer certain bird species, in particular robins and crows, and the West Nile Virus will multiply quickly in their bodies.  Infection will cause death in the bird in 4 – 6 days.  During that 4 – 6 days, if that bird is bitten by a mosquito again, that mosquito then carries strong enough levels of West Nile Virus that biting a human will absolutely transmit the disease.

Prevention is tied directly to avoidance of mosquito bites.  So remove all breeding sites by eliminating standing water on a property, avoid being outside at dawn/dusk when mosquitoes are most active, and use Greenbug for People to kill and repel mosquitoes when you are outside.  Do NOT use DEET or other synthetic chemical pesticides.  They are damaging and can compromise your immune system making you more susceptible to West Nile Virus and other health concerns.  Greenbug for People creates a personal bubble of protection and the Greenbug Injector System places your entire yard in a protective bubble.  If you don’t want West Nile Virus, you must avoid mosquito bites and the best way to avoid mosquito bites is using Greenbug.

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What are GMOs and are they dangerous?  A GMO is a Genetically Modified Organism.  It is a creation of a species straight out of science fiction.  These species would NEVER exist in Nature and are a Pandora’s Box of long term issues that have not even been remotely considered.

Here is how GMOs are born.  Scientists employed by the huge Agriculture industry decide that we need improved corn because bugs like corn too and farmers have to constantly apply pesticides – which is expensive and obviously not good for the environment or those eating the corn, right? So these scientists decide to create GMO corn and here is what they have done.

They go into the DNA structure of corn and take out a chromosome and replace it with a chromosome of a pesticide.  This is now an engineered species that could NEVER have happened in Nature. So when this corn is grown, if a pest dares to eat the corn, the pest DIES.  Yes, the corn is now toxic.  It is poisonous and now as much of 85% of our corn supply is now GMOs.

For more information on why pesticides are dangerous, read blog posts here.

So whenever you eat corn, you are eating GMOs which is poison.  Not just corn on the cob but corn flakes, corn chips, tortillas, and every sweet thing made with high fructose corn syrup.  You can’t avoid it!

And pesticides are all about affecting neurological pathways in pests so now you are ingesting poisons everyday that will affect your brain. The human body has absolutely no capacity to filter out these poisons so they accumulate in our cells – just like plastic in the landfill – and slowly begin to erode our health.

Have you noticed an increase in diagnoses of Autism? ADHD? Alzheimer’s? Cancer? Depression? Learning Disabilities? How about an increase in Obesity and Diabetes? These are ALL neurological disorders directly linked to synthetic pesticides which are now ever present in our food supply thanks to GMOs.

What can we do?  The only solution is to demand that our food supply be accurately labeled.  Currently, there is no way to know if what you are buying is GMO or not.  Even food labeled ‘organic’ is protected by government statutes that GMOs can be present.

Big Ag companies as well as big Food companies do NOT want GMO labeling requirements because duh – people may not buy the products.  But we are NOT guinea pigs and have the right to know what we are buying.  Europe labels their products, why can’t we?  And just to show how bad GMOs are, the Republic of China – with billions of people to feed and a wretched history of human rights violations – refuses GMOs for the safety of their people.

Write your Congressmen.  Get educated about what companies refuse to use GMOs.  Stand up for your rights as a consumer because GMO foods are danger in every bite.

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Favorable weather produces a lot of mosquitoes which would be warm temperatures, a significant rainfall to kick things off, and then sizable rainfalls every 5 days or so.  The large initial rainfall creates pockets of standing water for previously laid mosquito eggs to hatch and become larva.  The mosquito larva then need 3 days of stagnant water in order to mature and become adult females on the search for food.  The food source is of course – you and the after effect is the mosquito bite.

This initial population of mosquitoes will feed as much as they can and lay a new generation of eggs.  If it rains a reasonable amount every 5 days or so, it allows each generation to proliferate at maximum efficiency.  There is no down time due to lack of water  and if this keeps up over time, the population of blood suckers can explode!

If the weather is cold, mosquitoes will choose not to hatch.  If it is dry, then the gazillion locations available for breeding evaporate and the population drops significantly.

This year promises to be a banner year for mosquito bites because we have had enough water to create this year’s bumper crop of skeeters.  PLUS, all the eggs that were laid last year that did not hatch due to dry conditions are now happy larva soon to be jumping at the chance to come looking for you now that their breeding grounds are perfect.

So not only is the current weather significant, but last year’s weather plays a role too!

What can you do to ease this grip that the current weather has on creating too many mosquito bites for you?  Rule Number One is simple and clear – eliminate areas to breed.

Even if it rains copious amounts of water for these blood suckers to lay eggs, your property doesn’t have to retain that water and offer perfect conditions.  Make sure all standing water is emptied from flowerpot bases, from children’s toys left outside, from the puddle on tarps used to cover things and as always, make sure you don’t have standing water in the tires in your yard.  What tires in your yard?  Is there anyone who actually has tires in their yard? (Most all municipal information about mosquito prevention speaks of emptying water from the tires in the yards so I just had to add that.)

The other way to prevent mosquito bites is to use Greenbug for People to create a bubble of protection that will keep mosquitoes at bay.  You can also install a Greenbug Injector System that will place your entire yard within a bubble of protection.  There would be no mosquito bites then because you would have no mosquitoes!

So we can’t control the weather but we can control the opportunities for mosquitoes to lay eggs which in turn will become hungry adults looking for food.  If you want to avoid mosquito bites, keep an eye on the weather, get rid of standing water and get Greenbug.

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No More Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are the fear of any traveler with good reason.  The likelihood of anyone encountering bed bugs in the next three years is statistically 100% and the more you travel, the sooner that encounter will be.

To lessen the risk, the steps to inspecting a hotel room are outlined below.  These steps should be customary each time you enter a hotel room – or stay at Aunt Mildred’s house – as bed bugs can be anywhere.

Adult bed bugs are visible – they are typically the color of dried blood and are about half the size of an apple seed. The nymphs look the same only smaller and can range from almost opaque to the brownish-red look of a scab.  Eggs are clear and hard to detect without a magnifying glass.  But the tell tale sign of bed bugs are the small streaks they leave behind as the go to the bathroom while they walk.  Look for dark dots, red or brownish streaks, actual bed bugs and eggs along seams, along the cording of pillows & mattresses,   etc.  If you see any evidence, get another room!

Begin the Inspection for Bed bugs:

To begin, shift to thinking like these pests.  Bed Bugs are nocturnal, hate light, and seek out expert hiding spaces.  Carrying a small, high-powered flashlight is a great idea.  Here are the steps:

1.       If you are staying one night only, remove the bedspread, fold it and place it on the floor in the corner.  These are often wild, dark prints to mask any staining and extremely difficult to inspect therefore, taking it out of the equation is best.  If you are staying more than one night, you’ll have to inspect it as Housekeeping will re-introduce it when they clean.

2.       Pillows.  If you are only staying one night, choose whatever pillows you want to use (which you will inspect thoroughly) and place the rest with the bedspread.  Otherwise, inspect all of them.   

3.       Now inspect each linen layer all the way to the mattress.  Do one side of the bed at a time.  It is a good idea to create a barrier as you are inspecting so a light spray of Greenbug for People -  a safe, natural & green bed bug killer/repellent on each layer as you go will create a barrier that no bed bug will cross.  This ensures you a good night’s sleep.

4.       Mattress. Inspect along the cording on the edges, in the crevices that make up the mattress cover, and the space between the mattress and the box spring.  A light application of Greenbug for People is warranted here too.

5.       Lastly, inspect the area surrounding the bed while applying Greenbug.  This includes the headboard, the bed side tables and the artwork above the bed.  These wily little creatures love to hide here!

This process takes maybe 6 minutes.  It is a wise investment of time to keep you from being a bed bug victim.

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A roach, or cockroach are one of about 4500 species of which 30 are associated with humans.  The term “Cockroach” is derived from the Spanish name La Cucaracha which is a direct translation of cock and roach.  We have all heard the Mexican song ‘La Cucaracha’ with the fascinating lyrics that are transcribed as: “The Cockroach, he can’t walk anymore because he can’t find any marijuana to smoke.”  How strange!

Roaches are adaptable, nocturnal creatures that prefers the warm coziness inside buildings.  They are social creatures constantly communicating with other roaches about food sources, activities and dangers.  When a roach walks, it will leave chemical trails in its feces that transmit bacteria onto surfaces and serve as a road map to their brethren.  A roach constantly emits pheromones (hormones) to facilitate swarming and mating.  (It is these remnants and odors that cause allergic reactions in humans.)  But these prehistoric pests balance cooperation and competition in their groups and research proves beyond a doubt a complex communication system among roach populations.

Females can produce up to eight egg cases in a lifetime that carry about 30-40 eggs.  The development from egg to adult roach takes three to four months and growth occurs through molting of the exoskeleton.  The males practice courtship rituals in addition to their pheromone emissions.  Cockroaches typically live about a year in the wild but have lived more than four years in labs.

These pests are omnivorous which means they’ll eat anything and love to be around garbage and decaying matter.  They do not breathe through their lungs but through a series of tubes in their exoskeleton that bring air directly to the cells.

The hardiness of roaches is legendary.  A roach can live a month without food, exist on scant resources, and tolerate being submerged in water for over half an hour.  Urban legend tells of the roach living through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima which has a bit of truth to it.  Radiation affects cells as they are dividing and roaches only have cell division when they molt which is no more than once a week and only when they are small.  If a roach was not engaged in active cell division when the bomb was dropped, it was able to cope so there is the rest of the story.

Why are roaches considered to be such pests?  Well, they feed on our food, they transport and emit allergens and toxins, and are a known causal agent for Asthma.  And they are hideous and disgusting!

To prevent roaches, keep a clean house devoid of food waste and water sources.  Place food in storage bins; fix leaking water sources; and seal entry points along window sills, door thresholds, and pipes.

If you have roaches, use Greenbug for Indoors – a natural, safe and eco-friendly pest control product to kill and repel them.  Many roach populations are resistant to the synthetic chemical pesticide products used to kill them so using Greenbug actually works and ensures they cannot become immune.

No one wants roaches, but if you have them, a safe and effective solution exists in Greenbug for Indoors.  Greenbug is the ‘green’ way to wipe out bugs – including all the 30 different roach species that like to hang around humans.

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Louise Hodges

What are GMOs?  GMOs are Genetically Modified Organisms that do not exist in Nature. They are man-made crops and other organisms created by scientists who have taken existing species and replaced parts of the DNA with pesticides and other synthetic ingredients. This is not mutation or cross-breeding – it is selective engineering of genetic material which creates a Pandora’s Box of false beings.  GMO crops are very dangerous.

On a very basic level, creating GMOs is playing God. No GMO could ever, possibly exist. GMOs are pure science fiction. While some may argue that altered DNA organisms produce benefits, the truth is these are false beings presented to unknowing consumers as real.

If that doesn’t offend you, consider GMO corn – an ingredient in much of the food we eat and the primary food for all livestock raised for human consumption. To create GMO corn, scientists have taken out selective genes in the DNA of corn and replaced them with genes of synthetic pesticides. Yes, pesticides. Fabricated, poisonous pesticides are what you eat when you eat GMO corn. So that bag of chips you grabbed at the cafeteria, the popcorn you ate at the movies, the thickener in the soup you purchased & the chicken sandwich you had for lunch may ALL be GMOs, laced with pesticides and you had no idea. In fact, at least 58% of our food supply is made with GMOs.

Monsanto is a world-wide corporate giant who is the leader in GMO development. Monsanto also controls about 90% of the world’s seed supply offering an increasing amount of strictly GMO seeds each year. Talk about a monopoly…

Lobbyists say GMOs are wonderful! Infusing our corn with pesticides is brilliant – crop yields are higher, farmers make more money because they don’t have to spray pesticides, and now we can happily feed the entire world with these ‘improved’ crops. Right? WRONG! If GMOs are so fantastic, why has the European Union banned them? Even China with a terrible history of human rights abuses has rejected GMOs for the safety of their people. Hello?!

I remember the first time I heard the term GMO which was being touted as such a fantastic discovery. GMOs were explained to me as the greatest thing ever for farmers because they could plant their crops and not have to spray insecticides. Now, how is that? Oh – they replace some DNA in the corn with pesticides so the plant would kill the pests if they tried to eat the crop. As I stared in disbelief processing the absurdity of this, I wondered how could people think that a crop plant that poisons pests be anything they would consider eating.

The truth is synthetic pesticides are linked to all the chronic health issues facing the civilized world. After World War II, scientists used nerve gas technology and began designing neurotoxins that would kill pests by affecting their nervous systems, in other words, screw up their brains. One of the most celebrated synthetic pesticides ever invented was DDT and to give you an idea how misguided science can be, DDT was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1948. How ironic – arguably the most devastating invention of the modern world was celebrated and enjoyed widespread use cloaked in heaps of ‘scientific studies’ proving how safe it was. Yeah, right.  Let us learn from the mistakes of the past!

Our bodies are wondrous organisms with checks and balances all working together to maintain health. When foreign things get into our bodies, our immune system kicks in to eliminate the dis-ease and restore health. But a human body cannot metabolize or deal with unnatural, synthetic substances which are exactly what pesticides are. These man-made chemical pesticides stay in our bodies – like plastic in the landfill – and never go away. Our bodies have no means to eliminate pesticides so we absorb, inhale and thanks to GMO foods – ingest these toxins – which then begin to concentrate inside us and poison us. Since they target the nervous system anchored by the brain, chronic neurological issues are the end result.

Think for a moment about friends and families facing diagnoses of Autism, Alzheimer’s, ADHD, Asthma, Cancer, Parkinson’s, Diabetes, Learning Disabilities, plus many more – these are ALL indisputably linked to synthetic pesticides – the neurotoxins our bodies cannot release!

The most recent Farm Bill covertly included legislation which would make Monsanto immune to prosecution in the event that GMOs turn out to be problematic. Can you imagine the tobacco industry having the power and foresight to enact laws protecting them from the myriad of lawsuits from cigarette smokers? Even though they knowingly added dangerous, carcinogenic and addictive ingredients – can you imagine them having no liability because they were legally protected? Outrageous! Yet that is exactly what has happened with the carefully written legislation disguised in a warm, fuzzy title of ‘The Farmer’s Assurance Provision’.

Armed with this knowledge of the evils of pesticides, do you want your food supply to include poisons that will slowly destroy you? Don’t you want a choice so that when you buy your food you can know what contains GMOs and make your own educated choices? Is truth in labeling that much to ask for? I want to know what I feed my children! I want GMOs labeled!  We CAN demand control of what we put into our own bodies.

What we really need are the Lawmakers on our side. We need those who write and enact the laws to know that we have rights as consumers to know what we are feeding our families!  The Call to Action lies in the grass roots movement as consumers. Contact your Senators, your Representatives, the Agencies put in place to protect your rights as a consumer. Demand truth in labeling! I want the truth about what is in my food and I officially demand it!

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We’ve all heard the term ‘nitpicker’ as though it was a tedious, irritating person to be around. Someone who is always bugging you about details and minutia would be referred to as a nitpicker. Who would ever have thought it is actually a career choice?

Welcome to the world of head lice. Those dastardly parasites that affect 6 – 12 million school aged children each year in the United States alone. But that really means head lice affect 6 – 12 million families each year – especially Moms who have the unfortunate task of dealing with them.

Quick pest lesson – head lice are human specific parasites that munch on the scalp and nape of the neck of unsuspecting victims in order to get enough protein to reproduce which they do with abandon. They are small, visible crawlers that cannot fly. These nuisances easily spread by head to head contact and they are opportunists who will crawl from one back pack to the next in classrooms across the country who have tightly wedged student belongings crammed onto pegs spaced 6 inches apart. Historically, treatments have included all sorts of poisons slathered directly on children’s heads in staggered doses to make sure all newly hatched eggs (or nits as they are referred to in the biology of head lice) are also killed via the copious amounts of toxins.

Then the real work begins as poor Moms and caregivers are forced to personally remove every single nit firmly attached to hair shafts. Tedious does not begin to describe the process of taking the entire scalp in ½ inch sections and inspecting it under magnification with the finest comb known to man in order to physically remove every single nit – because one nit left behind means another head lice infestation down the road.

Oh, the horrors of nitpicking! So why would anyone opt to become a nitpicker? Well, good hours, decent pay and high demand.

It seems society has wised up and realized that toxic chemical pastes attached to growing children’s scalps for hours on end is a bad idea. Well, duh! And since pesticides are known causal agents to a myriad of neurological issues such as ADHD, Autism, Asthma, etc., that just represents further evidence that there needs to be a new solution.
Hence, nitpickers. Or should it be capitalized as Nitpickers to give it the proper respect? And no kidding on that one – anyone who is willing to do the unbearable process of combing through every last strand on my daughter’s head that makes a nice, tight 2 inch diameter ponytail deserves applause!

Of course, Greenbug for People is a natural solution that will kill the head lice and their nits in one simple treatment and that eliminates the need to comb or nitpick in any way. Greenbug for People is totally safe, completely effective and best of all, NO NITPICKING! But the Nitpickers wouldn’t want that talked about. But with a staggering increase in demand for their services, Nitpickers may be too busy nitpicking to notice.

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It gets worse – the landlord got tired of her complaints and evicted her. He put all of her belongings on the curb unbeknownst to her and many of her belongings were stolen. Nice. So these bed bug infested items were then brought into the homes of belonging-stealers all over the city. Not exactly a good example of ‘pay it forward’.

Nice guy this slumlord, I mean landlord.

Yet $800,000 doesn’t seem like that much to endure that kind of hell. Tricked into a bug infested location, no voice heard when asking to fix the situation, several years of undeniable stress due to the bugs, hundreds of permanent scars and the loss of a lifetime worth of belongings.

This case sets a precedent for the future and all landlords and tenants should take note. Not disclosing bed bugs initially to a tenant is moving towards being criminalized as well it should be. Not eradicating them should also be criminal. It is expensive and difficult to get rid of bed bugs but it is the ONLY decent thing to do and now the courts agree.

So are bed bugs landlord or tenant responsibility, does it change case by case and what determines liability? How can you prove who is responsible? If there is previous knowledge of bed bugs which can be proven via past tenant (or neighboring tenant) testimony, then the landlord is completely liable. If prior to occupation, a landlord has a professional inspection that declares the apartment bed bug free and then they emerge, it becomes quite cloudy as now they could be from the new tenant. Or if a neighboring unit has them and they infiltrate from there – who is responsible now?

Until legislation dictates responsibility, this is a case by case issue. But most states lean towards tenants’ rights which means property owners beware – you could be left holding the exterminator’s bill even if someone else is at fault for bringing bed bugs into the building you own.

So what is the solution as a landlord? Greenbug for People! This is an EPA exempt, university proven solution to bed bug that Landlords and maintenance crew can apply to swiftly eradicate a bed bug infestation. It is safe, totally green and eco-friendly and best of all, it works. One application gets rid of bed bugs – and their eggs.

The bottom line? So are bed bugs landlord or tenant responsibility? It depends so whether you are the tenant or landlord, if you are the responsible party then Greenbug for People is the answer. No need for lawsuits or expensive, inadequate treatments. Greenbug for People is the best solution for bed bugs, landlords AND tenants as a viable eco-friendly option to get rid of bed bugs.

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