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"Dogs That Detect Bedbugs" [1]

Bedbug-sniffing dogs can locate a single live bug or egg with 96 percent accuracy. The bugs were mostly eradicated in the U.S. by now-banned pesticides like DDT, and are now making a comeback.

Penelope Green reports for the New York Times March 10, 2010. [2]

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Source: NYTimes [2], 03/11/2010
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