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====Carbon Dioxide====
====Carbon Dioxide====
Experiments subjecting bed bugs to atmospheres of carbon dioxide resulted in 100 % mortality of all stages within 6 hours in an atmosphere of 100% C02, while a 60% volume produced the same effect within 24 hours. An atmosphere of 98% nitrogen resulted in only 10 - 20 % mortality after 72 hours.<ref>[http://www.icup.org.uk/reports/ICUP511.pdf ''Efficacy of controlled atmospheres on cimex lectularius.'' Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Pests]</ref>
Experiments subjecting bed bugs to atmospheres of carbon dioxide resulted in 100 % mortality of all stages within 6 hours in an atmosphere of 100% C02, while a 60% volume produced the same effect within 24 hours. An atmosphere of 98% nitrogen resulted in only 10 - 20 % mortality after 72 hours.<ref>[http://www.icup.org.uk/reports/ICUP511.pdf ''Efficacy of controlled atmospheres on cimex lectularius.'' Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Pests]</ref>
====Chlorine dioxide====
In clinical tests chlorine dioxide has been shown to be effective in killing bedbugs. <ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22476276 Gibbs SG, Lowe JJ, Smith PW, Hewlett AL., March 2012, ''Gaseous chlorine dioxide as an alternative for bedbug control,''] Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health</ref>
===Natural predators===
===Natural predators===