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If youve ever suffered through a bedbug infestation, you know firsthand just how difficult it is to get rid of them. Bug bombs and foggers are largely ineffective, so aside from pulling your mattress into the street and burning it in your neighbors driveway, theres not much you can really do to banish the little bloodsucking bastards from your bedroom.

But theres hope on the horizon. Biologists Regine and Gerhard Gries have been studying bedbugs for past fiveyears sometimes even offering themselves up as guinea pigs in a quest to build a more effective remedy. Now, as explained in a recently published study in the chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie, they believe theyve discovered a working technique.

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Instead of using a fog or aerosolized spray of some sort (which have been proven to be ineffective), the duo have developed an ingenious two-part chemical trap. First, the bugs are lured our of their hiding places with a special mixture of pheromones. Once theyre out in the open, theyre hit with a very specific histamine that acts as a kind of knockout drug for bedbugs, causing arrestment on contact. It doesnt kill the bugs but causes them to seize up and freeze in place, making them much easier to remove.

Unfortunately the researchers havent yet figured out how to transform this technique into a treatment that you can buy at your local drugstore, but their discovery is still a huge step forward in the battle against bedbugs. For now well just have to wait patiently, and hopefully well have Bedbug-Be-Gone at our disposal by the end of 2015. Fingers crossed!

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Researchers have finally discovered an effective way to exterminate bedbugs

Even if a product can be used to control all bed bugs in a room or a facility, unless that product leaves lasting control, reinfestation is a distinct possibility.

Any products sold and advertised to control bed bugs must comply with federal and state regulations. Home remedy recipes are largely ineffective and may be dangerous. For example, mixing a few household chemicals together as someone might read online, might control bed bugs but it can also be very dangerous. Products used in the US must be registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and in Canada, they must be registered by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). Certain products are exempt but beware of any product which does not have a regulatory agency statement that it is registered. Smart consumers should make sure that if the product claims to be exempt from regulation, that the claim is true.

Many bed bug sprays can be found in pressurized cans or in bottles with a pump spray head. EPA and PMRA registered products are effective but users must strictly comply with label requirements as to when and where the product may be used. If the product does not permit use on mattresses, for example, then the product may not be used on mattresses.

Consumers should carefully consider all options, select the control method which is best for their lifestyle and values, and always understand that any product used must be done with extreme care and the user should have knowledge of the biology and control methods for bed bugs.

An inspector uses a spray on an electrical outlet where bed bugs congregated.

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