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Bed Bug Trend Stories: Stop the Madness

December 7, 2012 by Brooke Borel

Two days ago, the New York Times ran a story on the alleged new trend of bed bugs in libraries. The piece has a lot of problems with it, particularly its alarmist take on the topic, which was nicely analyzed by Reluctant Habits managing editor Edward Champion* yesterday.  Champion has good points but, for me, the most troublesome line of the NYT story is this: “That’s because bedbugs have discovered a new way to hitchhike in and out of beds: […]

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