Bed Bug Killing Vacuum, another New Product

The New York Times reports the latest invention targeted against bed bugs. In addition to sucking up debris, the machines, “uses UV light, which is a germicidal,” killing numphs, eggs and bugs. Ryan Douglas, chief executive officer of Verilux admits however that this machine is more preventative than it is exterminating as some tough adult bugs may survive the UV rays. He doesn’t consider this a detractor since the hearty bugs may survive many weapons used in the fight against bed bugs.

In New York City, I can see this becoming a hot item With 6-10% of the populations living with bed bugs currently, it would make perfect sense to add a UV germicide to the arsenal.