The Bed Bug Survival Guide The Only Book You Need to Eliminate or Avoid This Pest Now

by Eisenberg, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9780446585156
• ISBN10: 0446585157
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-04
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

The 5 year old who carried them home in his backpack thta he grabbed from the communal pile at school...The young assistant who got them from her new work cubicle...the executive who got them on an overseas flight... It can no longer be denied that the city, the country and the world are in the grips of this epidemic. Jeff Eisenberg and his NYC-based company Pest Away have successfully treated more than 100,000 spaces for bed bugs over the past 15 years. He's the go-to guy for businesses, celebs, and the media--and in THE BED BUG SURVIVAL GUIDE he shares his best strategies, advice and tips for treating and preventing bed bug infestation once and for all. With Eisenberg's advice, readers can lower thier risk of bed bug infestation by up to 60%! Or, if they have them they can be sure they are using the right method to get rid of them. The book is divided into ten user-friendly chapters that cover everything, including: Prevention--what to do immediately, daily, weekly and monthly Travel--the 5 biggest mistakes made during hotel stays Life--avoiding bed bugs in unexpected places like the gym, the mall, the movie theater, and on airplanes Treatment--Green? Heat? Cryonite? Fumigation of furniture? Exterminators--hiring one who actually knows what to do.

Author Biography

Jeff Eisenberg, the founder of the New York City-based company Pest Away, is one of the leading bed bug experts and exterminators in the country. He co-wrote the official NYC guidelines for treatment.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
First Things First
What Are Bed Bugs and Do You Have Them?	p. 13
Prevention
You Don't Have Them? Great, Don't Get Them!
Staying Bed Bug Free at Home and Work	p. 37
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
How Bed Bugs Hitch Rides from Other Travelers to You	p. 68
The Traveling Life (Yours and Theirs!)
Staying Bug Free in Hotels, on Cruise Ships, and at Other Homes Away from Home	p. 84
ôWe Like All the Same Places!ö
Your Office and Eight Other Unexpected Bed Bug Hangouts	p. 101
Treatment
So You Have Them…Now What?
Are You Happy? No. Are You Powerless? Absolutely Not!	p. 115
How Do I Find the Right Exterminator?
And What Do I Do Then?	p. 148
The Past and Future
A Brief, Illustrated History of the Bed Bug
How It Has Plagued Us and How We Have Tried to Get Rid of It	p. 177
The Future and You
What We Can All Do to Stop Bed Bugs in Their Tracks	p. 185
Appendix: Make a Federal Case of It	p. 197
About the Author	p. 205
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