CEO Rochelle Upfal speaking at JSL's annual meeting in June

ensure no errant bedbug escaped its
nature of the problem is arguably
demise.
beyond the scope of the agency alone.
In addition, the agency contracts
"Unless property management is
the services of Pronto Pest Control,
very sharp and very dedicated, it can
which uses bedbug-sniffing dogs. A
be a Sisyphean task:' Shepeerdigian
2008 University of Florida study found said about eradicating bedbugs. "For
these dogs are 98 percent effective in
high-rise and multiunit communities,
detecting even a single bug.
the single-most [effective] ingredi-
A tenant on the second floor of
ent for success in this fight is human
Hechtman, whose apartment was not
behavior." 1 I
in the affected corridor, said the bed-
bug treatment was an open secret. The
woman, who requested anonymity,
said the lack of communica-
tion was pervasive among
staff and the building's resi-
dent social workers.
"They don't tell us any-
thing, even when we ask:'
she said in between rounds
of mah jong with friends. "If
I didn't live on the second
floor, I would have had no
idea that there was a prob-
lem. I think we deserve to
know these things."
Upfal said JSL commu-
nicates with the affected
residents and, as needed,
their caregivers and families.
No policy is in place regard-
ing general announcements
about infestation of specific
units.
As thorough as JSL
attempts to be in mitigat-
ing the spread of infestation
from one unit to the next, or
the introduction of bedbugs
to a previously uninfected
apartment, the pervasive

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Bedbugs: The Facts

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cimex lectularius (most common type)
SIZE: 4-5 mm in length/2-3 mm in height (about the size of a large
watermelon seed)
FOOD: Human blood
HEALTH RISKS: Minimal. Usually presents as a red, swollen area
around the bite that is itchy. In rare instances, mild anaphylaxes may
occur.

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