This chapter explores the re-emergence of bedbugs and the factors contributing to their comeback, including pesticide resistance and international travel. It also discusses the misconceptions about bedbugs and their impact on people's mental health.
The Guardian’s Paris correspondent, Angelique Chrisafis, tells Madeleine Finlay about the explosion in bedbug sightings in the city, and how residents and officials have reacted. And Prof Jerome Goddard explains what makes the creatures so difficult to eradicate, and why the biggest threat they pose may be to our mental health. Help support our independent journalism at
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