Lyme Disease Carrying ticks on the rise.

Hunters Beware!

Blacklegged ticks, a Lyme disease carrier rarely encountered in Ohio before 2010, increasingly are making themselves at home in the Buckeye state.
Migrating from the east, populations of the tick now are thought to be established in at least 26 counties, including Licking, and they showed up for the first time this year in Fairfield County.
Ohio has recorded 36 cases of Lyme disease so far this year, including three among Franklin County residents, and more might crop up this fall as hunters stomp through the woods in search of turkey and deer.
 
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Companies hammered by FTC for False Bed Bug Claims.

Alleged False Claims Full Story

FTC Takes Action Against Companies Marketing Allegedly Unproven Natural Bed Bug and Head Lice Treatments

Cedar, Cinnamon, Lemon Grass, Peppermint, and Clove Oil? There's No Proof They Will Eradicate Bed Bugs, Agency Says

The Federal Trade Commission filed deceptive advertising charges against two  marketers of remedies for bed bug infestations, who allegedly failed to back up overhyped claims that they could prevent and eliminate infestations using natural ingredients, such as cinnamon and cedar oil.  One marketer also allegedly made misleading claims that its products were effective against head lice...