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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Much Ado About a Bed Bug

Ever heard the saying "Sleep Tight, dont let the bed bugs bite you". Well, its about to become official. A new bill being sponsored by some legislators in US Congress is titled "Dont Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009". The bill would require:
public housing agencies to submit bedbug inspection plans to the federal government. It would add bedbugs to a rodent and cockroach program in the Department of Health and Human Services . It also would require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research bedbugs' impact on public mental health. The bill would also authorize $50 million to train health inspectors how to recognize signs of the insects
Bed bugs have so much mesmerizied the federal government that the EPA recently hosted the first ever National Bed Bug Summit. Talk of wasteful spending in the time of record budget deficits and economic turmoil.
President Obama had recently asked that there be $100mil spending cuts from the federal budget. If he and his team are paying attention, they can reach half their goal by not letting this bill become a law.

1 comment:

  1. Bedbugs are becoming a huge problem in the US right now, and I guarentee that if you ever experienced them you would not be saying this. Trust me, spending the money now will save a ton of money in the long run. They are only going to spread and get worse if we ignore the problem. Preventitive measures save money.

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