In June, a Homeland Security Department building in Vermont was infested with bed bugs for the third time in as many months. More than a thousand employees work at the facility. Pest management professionals (PMPs) brought a bed-bug detecting dog to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office in St. Albans and some chairs […]
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