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10-06-2010, 11:28 AM

#101

gale

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Location: North-Central Indiana

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I just got some fabric in the mail today. I put it in freezer bags and in the freezer for 24 hours (maybe I'll leave it in there for more though). I may wash it too but this way I don't have to wash all of it.

05-20-2011, 01:47 AM

#102

cabinfever

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: CA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BellaBoo

When the inexpensive insecticide used to kill the bedbugs completely was outlawed, they have made a come back. I read that the stuff used to kill them now is too expensive for the general population overseas to buy so the bed bugs are spreading.

"Bedbugs have been a non-issue for many decades now, as they seemed to have phased out. But their recent reemergence has many in the scientific community looking for answers. Some blame the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 1972 ban on DDT, a synthetic chemical pesticide."
Sorry didn't see the full posts, already mentioning DDT.