On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:08:59 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Sunday, July 15, 2012 12:39:18 PM UTC-7, Frank wrote:
On 7/15/2012 1:26 PM, wrote:
> On Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:29:59 AM UTC-7, MarieYad wrote:
>> Our neighbors had bed bugs and we live in an apartment complex. We had
>> to be treated for them because they have to treat the entire building
>> when one person has them. We haven't had any signs of bed bugs (we check
>> the mattress every night before bed because we're terrified of getting
>> them) and the second part of the extermination was just done 2 weeks
>> ago. However, we just found one on our living room wall! We read online
>> that others have found one or two after extermination, we just want to
>> make sure this is normal and that we don't now have them. Thanks!
>>
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>> MarieYad
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> I rather have a ton of fleas and mosquitoes than have a single bedbug. I’m so afraid of them. How did they attempt to exterminate them? I read that any chemical that is effective against them is illegal to use in the United States, so I’m very curious to know.
>

I spoke to an exterminator about this and he said all they could do was
heat up the whole room to kill them. They do not have an effective
insecticide since things like DDT were banned.

AIUI, boric acid works, as well as food-grade DE. Don't know how long it
takes, though.

Doesn't heating to such high temperature damage electronics like TV etc?

As long as you're not running them, no. They're good to at least 250F for a
long period, which is far higher than is needed to kill cooties (110-120F?).