Watch Those Little Library Bugs

As if we didn't have enough threats to our security and well-being in the world -- but we bedbugs that are starting to infest books have recently added to that.

A recent newspaper story in the Vancouver Sun, on Thursday October 20, reported " Bedbugs found at second library branch"

It turns out that the invasion was relatively minor and the library staff has responded quickly by calling in extermination companies and treating books with a special heat treatment that kills that nasty litter critters that cause varying allergic reactions to their bites in susceptible persons.

Although this problem was minor it is a reminder that bedbugs and cockroaches can come home with us in our clothing as well as in paper bags and boxes that we have picked up in stores.

So it is always a good idea to check for such things when you return from shopping or some other building you suspect could be infected.

We once helped somebody move out of a cockroach infected apartment and although we thought we had been careful in checking our shoes and clothing after we escaped from the infected building and left our clothes outside for the night after arriving home we still encountered the odd cockroach in our own house for weeks.

And it takes only one to create a full-blown home invasion force withing a few weeks. So double check those shopping bags and even library books -- you just never know.


The book infestation is really rate -- so don't let it turn you off going to the library. It is just that it doesn't hurt to check. (I once found a $10.00 folded up into one of the books  I brought home from the library.)