{"id":7812,"date":"2023-10-03T10:21:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T04:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/paris-is-crawling-with-bedbugs-theyre-even-riding-the-trains\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T04:51:47","slug":"paris-is-crawling-with-bedbugs-theyre-even-riding-the-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/paris-is-crawling-with-bedbugs-theyre-even-riding-the-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris is crawling with bedbugs. They&#8217;re even riding the trains."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Paris<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Just 10 months before the opening of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, the French capital is battling an invasion of bedbugs. <\/p>\n<p>The tiny pests were first reported in hotels and vacation rental apartments across the city during the summer. Then there were sightings in movie theaters and, in recent days, there have even been reports of bedbugs crawling around on seats in both national high-speed trains and the Paris Metro system. <\/p>\n<p>One metro train driver was dismayed to find some of the unwelcome guests in his driver&#8217;s cabin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"bedbug-paris-metro.jpg \" height=\"397\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/02\/43c84699-4348-4b1b-a287-d63cf7221720\/thumbnail\/620x397\/2b75b77476390189207ccd9b4c2642df\/bedbug-paris-metro.jpg?v=42bbcea0e3eaab3fb7d470f54c86b0bd 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/02\/43c84699-4348-4b1b-a287-d63cf7221720\/thumbnail\/1240x794\/57eb0c340094a816988ec85de7382411\/bedbug-paris-metro.jpg?v=42bbcea0e3eaab3fb7d470f54c86b0bd 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A suspected bedbug is seen crawling on the armrest of a train travelling between Paris and Lille, France, in a photo posted online by X user &#8220;LaTogolaise.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Reuters\/TWITTER\/@_LaTogolaise<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Horrified train passengers have shared videos of the insects on social media, prompting many travelers to pay extra attention before they sit down or drop fabric bags or coats on the floor at their feet. One person told followers that passengers were &#8220;panicking&#8221; when they realized there were bedbugs in the train carriage, and they couldn&#8217;t get off until the next station.<\/p>\n<p>Paris companies specializing in treating insect infestations say they&#8217;ve been overwhelmed in recent weeks. Parisians shell out an average of $500 to have their homes treated if they discover the tiny bugs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"bedbug-paris-sofa.jpg \" height=\"380\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/02\/57d48c5a-4cc6-457a-b117-a5e517f50894\/thumbnail\/620x380\/cbb7bc1b478db4a45d4c0802bc054479\/bedbug-paris-sofa.jpg?v=42bbcea0e3eaab3fb7d470f54c86b0bd 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/02\/57d48c5a-4cc6-457a-b117-a5e517f50894\/thumbnail\/1240x760\/e3da66033267e9b79309d58cec80928f\/bedbug-paris-sofa.jpg?v=42bbcea0e3eaab3fb7d470f54c86b0bd 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A bedbug is seen crawling on the frame of a sofa in a home in L&#8217;Hay-les-Roses, just outside Paris, France, Sept. 29, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paris City Hall is particularly worried about the potential risk for visitors to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Bedbugs are a public health issue and should be declared as such,&#8221; Deputy Mayor of Paris Emmanuel Gr\u00e9goire wrote to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. He called on the government to put together an action plan to address the problem at a national level.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Minister Cl\u00e9ment Beaune has already announced a meeting this week with various public transport operators, with a view to &#8220;reassuring and protecting&#8221; travelers.<\/p>\n<h2>How to protect yourself from bedbugs<\/h2>\n<p>Bedbugs are tiny, but they are visible to the naked eye. They can spread easily and love to hide in mattresses and other soft furnishings like curtains, but also between floorboards, in electrical sockets and even behind wallpaper. They come out at night to feed on human blood.<\/p>\n<p>In a busy city like Paris, tourists can unwittingly pick up the pesky passengers in their suitcases from an infected hotel, then travel by metro or other public means and deposit the hitchhikers in the seats. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-gallery is-gallery embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Yikes! 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Bedbugs!! 15 best bug-busting tips for travelers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"embed__gallery-count\">16 photos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Exterminators say it&#8217;s vital to act quickly if you spot bedbugs. All clothes and bedlinens that could be infected should be placed in garbage bags and closed tight, and then it should all be laundered on a high temperature setting.<\/p>\n<p>Experts stress that hygiene has nothing to do with the spread of bedbugs \u2014 rather their high fertility rate means that once they find somewhere to eat and reproduce, they spread rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>A report published over the summer by France&#8217;s national food, environment and work hygiene organization, Anses, noted that there were two main culprits behind the recent proliferation of bedbugs in France &#8211; an increase in tourism, and greater resistance to insecticides.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Paris\u00a0\u2014 Just 10 months before the opening of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, the French capital is battling an invasion of bedbugs. 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