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Bed bugs crawl around in a container on display during the 2nd National Bed Bug Conference in Washington, DC, February 2, 2011. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

CALGARY Two seniors homes in southern Alberta are being treated for bedbugs, but health officials say theres no reason for concern beyond the ick factor.

Alberta Health Services confirms staff at the Pemmican Lodge and Black Rock Terrace in Lethbridge have been dealing with the itchy insects for the last few months. Exterminators have been brought in and, last week, education sessions were held for residents and staff.

While bedbugs are for the most part harmless, the stealthy insects are hard to detect and even more difficult to kill, said Lynne Navratil, supervisor of safe-built environments for Alberta Health Services.

Small, flat, oval-shaped and about the size of an apple seed, the bugs feed on the blood of people and animals.

And they have been popping up in some unusual places lately.

Four buses in Edmonton have been fumigated this year after someone reported seeing bugs, although the city says that ultimately no insects were found. There have been reports of bugs at courthouses in both Vancouver and St. Johns, N.L.

Navratil said theres no doubt that bedbug infestations have become more prevalent. Public health officials deal with complaints regularly.

When I started as a health inspector 17 years ago, we really didnt deal with bedbugs a lot. It was pretty rare, Navratil said. It was more something that parents said at night the old saying: Dont let the bedbugs bite.

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Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) May 29, 2013

Terramera, a pioneer in developing effective and safe biopesticide products for pest management, today announced that CIRKIL Biopesticides, the only products that kill both bed bugs and their eggs as a residual, received state registration for New York. The product is now registered for use throughout the United States.

We are thrilled to be able to offer CIRKIL products in New York State, said Dave Buzzelli, VP of Sales for Terramera. With registration in New York, CIRKIL products are now registered in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. As bed bugs continue to increase their presence across the United States, Pest Management Professionals (PMPs) need effective products to combat these difficult pests. CIRKIL products create significant opportunities for the industry.

CIRKIL products are the only EPA-registered pesticide on the market that not only kill bed bugs but also kill eggs and prevent egg hatch as a residual. CIRKIL products are effective against pyrethroid resistant strains. They have a broad and flexible label and can be used in nearly all indoor spaces and surfaces including mattresses and carpets. CIRKIL products have been used by PMPs in the US for nearly a year, starting in California in 2012.

CIRKIL provides a solution to the bed bug problem that has stumped PMPs, said Tim Guererro, General Manager at Pro Pacific Pest Control in San Diego, CA. We are now able to treat bed bug infestations with confidence. CIRKIL has proven over and over again that it will eliminate 100% of the bed bug population in a home quickly. Our customers are glad to hear its a botanical insecticide and we are glad that we wont need to make numerous retreats. The lasting residual effect is like nothing weve used before.

In addition to bed bugs, CIRKIL products are also registered for use on cellar spiders, smoky brown cockroaches, house crickets, firebrats, silverfish, moisture ants, ravida field ants, pavement ants, bean aphids, pea aphids, and green bottle flies, with additional pests additions to come.

About Terramera

Terramera is the leader in developing revolutionary plant-based products that are a highly-effective, minimal-toxicity means of pest management. The companys flagship product CIRKIL is EPA-registered for control of bed bugs and other pests. CIRKIL works against all stages of a bed bugs life cycle including eggs. Terramera is a Vancouver based company founded in 2009 with the mission to provide safe and innovative pest management products for every person and family. For more information about Terramera, visit our website at http://www.terramera.com.

CIRKIL products are only registered for use against bed bugs in California.

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Transit staff in Edmonton may recently have had to seal and fumigate four buses in that city to kill bed bugs found on board. But Coast Mountain Bus staff here in Metro Vancouver say they have the situation covered.

Spokesman Derek Zabel says they do get calls from time to time about different kinds of bugs on the buses and trains.

He says they use the approach of a good offense is the best defense.

In order to make sure that we don't have any of those critters that are crawling along, what we do every three to four months is that we scrub each bus from top to bottom and they we use a steam cleaning what we call an extractor which sucks up the contents out of the cushy seats. Buses are swept and wiped down on a nightly basis as well."

Zabel says drivers also inspect vehicles at the beginning of each shift and notify maintenance of anything unusual.

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Coast Mountain buses scrubbed, streamed regularly for bed bugs