{"id":111422,"date":"2023-10-18T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/should-the-uk-be-worried-about-bedbugs\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:00:24","slug":"should-the-uk-be-worried-about-bedbugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/should-the-uk-be-worried-about-bedbugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the UK be worried about bedbugs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/FChlUp4SfVc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Should the UK be worried about bedbugs?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FChlUp4SfVc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Bedbug panic has swept across Paris and is making its way over the channel to London &#8211; after videos of the insects infesting both cities went viral.<\/p>\n<p>But do we actually need to worry about it?<\/p>\n<p>Some experts however are saying that the problem isn\u2019t new and that the amount of bedbugs in London has been growing year on year.<\/p>\n<p>David Cain, a microbiologist who\u2019s been exterminating the bed bugs for two decades, explains they were incredibly common in the early 20th century, but because of powerful insecticide used a lot during and after the second world war, rates of infestations fell dramatically around the world.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, bedbugs were thought to be a thing of the past \u2013 they became so rare that people could no longer identify them and pest-control professionals weren\u2019t equipped to fight them.<\/p>\n<p>But since the early 2000s, they have returned &#8211; thanks to regular international travel, increasing immunity to insecticides, warmer climates and overcrowded living conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bedbug panic has swept across Paris and is making its way over the channel to London &#8211; after videos of the insects infesting both cities went viral. 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