Bedbugs, head lice make themselves at home on LI
Quick ReadOne member of the BedBug Task Force said the insects' presence is becoming so pervasive "I think we all will be dealing with it in the next few years."
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | Exterminator Jesse Scaravella inspects a child's mattress in a Long Island home suspected of being infested with bedbugs. (Oct. 8, 2010)
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When bedbugs showed up at Nassau County's Department of Health and Social Services building earlier this year, employees were alarmed and their union demanded action.
Reddish brown and oval with a taste for human blood, the creatures made it difficult for some employees in the Uniondale complex to do their jobs. Bedbugs were seen crawling on desks and scurrying up walls.
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