Bed bugs are making a comeback and have been on the rise in the Valley. This fact is because they have evolved to resist certain pesticides. Although several DIY responses to bed bugs exist, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests hiring a professional.
For decades after the discovery of DDT pesticide, American households believed bed bugs were vanquished. Although DDT, the impressively effective pesticide discovered in 1939, helped rid thousands of homes of bedbugs, the efficacy did not last.