2010 Olympics will spread bed-bug infestation

Will bed bugs bite 2010?
By CHRISTOPHER POLLON, THE TYEE

Bloodsucking bedbugs, tough to eradicate, already infest many buildings in parts of Vancouver. And if the experience of Sydney, Australia, is any guide, the coming Olympics may spread the plague wider here.
Last year, British bed bug exterminator David Cane told the BBC that the 2000 Sydney Olympics was the single event most responsible for the bed bug blight currently plaguing urban centres across Europe and North America.

“The explosion of the [global bed bug] population began around the time of the Sydney Games … By the end of the games, about 98 per cent of the hotels in Sydney had at least one infected room, and because it wasn’t detected early enough, it spread to other rooms in the hotels, and people transmitted them from location to location.”
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And Vancouver pest exterminator Mark Amery predicts the 2010 Winter Games will accelerate an already fast-growing infestation.

“Vancouver is a highly visited area, the turnover in hotels is huge, and with the Olympics coming, this problem is only going to get worse.”

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