GAME CHANGER

摘要

Have bed bugs fundamentally changed the playing field, providing the industry with a golden opportunity to establish itself as protectors of public health? It's almost impossible to turn on the television, log.on to the Internet-, or open a paper without learning bow bed bugs have infested public transportation, hotels, schools, police cars, college dormitories, office buildings, funeral parlors, theaters, clothing stores, and just about every other place humans inhabit. Never before has a pest — orthe pest management industry — been such a focus of the media spotlight. All this attention and free publicity begs the question: Are bed bugs changing the publics opinion of the pes; management industry? And what does this mean for pest management professionals moving forward?