There's a new trend that's causing some discomfort among library patrons — bedbugs are making their way into library books, then crawling into borrowers' homes, reports the New York Times.
“There’s no question in past few years there are more and more reports of bedbugs showing up in libraries,” Michael Potter, a professor of entomology at University of Kentucky in Lexington, tells the Times. In fact, there have been quite a few complaints of bedbugs in libraries in Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York.
Of course, there are ways to lower the risk of bedbugs entering your home — such as checking with your local library about bedbug infestations, heat-treating the books before you take them into your home, or borrowing popular books that constantly travel in and out of different homes. There is also the option of just borrowing ebooks from your library.
Does the threat of bedbugs make you want to scurry away from your local library?
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Last night over beer and wine (and, let's face it, a spirit or two) a friend of ours muttered something about canceling his cable to save money. After bowling over with laughter at the drama of it all he set us straight. You see, we don't have television so we didn't know that cable television can cost an innocent person an arm and a leg! Seriously, an arm and a leg! "Better hit the library" was what one of us dribbled out in response to this news.
