Thermal Remediation – The Chemical-Free Bedbug Exterminator

Bedbugs are an escalating issue and one could inadvertently get them at work place, retail outlets or in movie theatres.

Along with the exasperation, annoyance of the pest bites and societal disgrace of having bedbug invasion in your residence are the treatment expenses.

Conventional means of treating these blood-sucking vampires runs to thousand plus dollars and yet there is zilch assurance that they would not reappear.

However one non-chemical treatment method is offering sanguinity to many individuals. The method is known as thermal remediation wherein extreme heat is used for killing the pests in a single treatment.

Thermal Remediation – Drying out the Parasites with Intense Heat

At the time thermal remediation treatment is being done in a bedbug infested home, all pet animals are to be evicted from that area. Also plastics, oil works of art or anything that has a likelihood of melting have to be removed during the treatment.

Placement of thermal heaters are then done in all rooms of the habitation and the elevated temperatures help in killing the pests in a single blow – the heat causing gradual dry-out of the bedbug’s body till it withers and dies out.

The treatment seems to be vastly effectual however not that economical. The expenses incurred for the thermal remediation process lie in the range between two to six thousand dollars whereas chemical methods could be costing between 1300 to five thousand dollars.

This therapy is one of the many possibilities being probed by the PCI (pest control industry) for battling reappearance of these resilient creatures that several people conjecture is partly because of the easiness and regularity of global travel.

In the fifties these prevalent domestic pests were almost wiped out via extensive DDT usage. However during 1972 after it lead to near-extermination of particular aerial species and found to be harmful to several wild life forms, the federal government proscribed its use.

The presently deployed pesticides for obliterating bedbugs would need 3 treatments for being effectual. Also one has to pack, bag and sterilize all household items alongside discarding any infestation-ridden clothes and mattress.

What compounds matters even further is that these pests have become resistant to a number of chemical substances being employed for treating invasions, studies have indicated.

In the interim, bedbugs are turning out to be a major predicament to populaces and also showing up in trendy retail stores in NY like big brands Hollister, Victoria’s Secret.