Wednesday, April 10, 2013

UK researchers: Kidney bean leaves may eradicate bedbugs

Until now, getting rid of bedbugs involved an army of technologies — extreme heating, freezing, vacuuming and pesticides. But scientists from the University of Kentucky and University of California-Irvine think they've found an ingenious and natural method to eradicate bedbugs — using kidney bean leaves, which have a unique design in their hairs that ensnares the pests.

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