Bed Bugs Put to Sleep

Good night, sleep tight – Vikane^® gas fumigant won’t let bed bugs bite

They hide in the cracks and crevices of walls, in mattress seams, and behind headboards. At night, while you’re sleeping, they come out to feast on your blood. Lately, they’ve been creeping and crawling all over the news. They are bed bugs.

Once nearly eliminated as a common pest, bed bugs are again infesting the United States. These pests are about a quarter-inch long and reddish-brown in color, and have oval, flattened bodies, somewhat resembling apple seeds. They are most commonly found in motels, hotels, dormitories, apartment buildings, shelters, and transport vehicles, including recreational boats. Their bites can cause an allergic reaction, producing skin lesions that resemble those caused by mosquitoes and creating the same urge to itch.

As if their presence alone isn’t worrisome enough, effective treatment of bed bugs is difficult. Bed bugs move quickly and infestations can spread throughout a structure; typically around beds, sofas, or wherever a blood meal is commonly found. Often times it is almost impossible to identify all of the areas that need to be treated, and ongoing inspections and treatments are required.

When extensive infestations of bed bugs are present and immediate eradication is necessary, the only solution is to treat the entire structure. Dow AgroSciences has an effective, reliable answer in such situations – whole-structure fumigation with Vikane^® gas fumigant. Because it is a gas, Vikane occupies all of the space within a structure, so it will reach all of the bed bugs, even those that can’t be seen.

Backed by nearly half a century of practical use and the support of Dow AgroSciences, people can sleep tight and know that the bed bugs won’t bite when they choose whole-structure fumigation with Vikane gas fumigant.

Dow AgroSciences and whole-structure fumigation with Vikane gas fumigant: Contributing to the health and quality of the world’s growing population through the eradication of bed bugs.

For more information about whole-structure fumigation with Vikane^® gas fumigant, please visit http://www.dowagro.com/ppm/vikane/index.htm or read more about Vikane and bed bugs at http://www.dowagro.com/ppm/vikane/bedbugs.htm.