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===Vikane/sulfuryl fluoride===
===Vikane/sulfuryl fluoride===
Another option suited but for entire structures is that of filling the structure with Vikane (sulfuryl fluoride) gas, a procedure which takes one day and is reported to kills all bed bug adults, nymphs and eggs, if done properly. The manufacturer states that Vikane leaves no residue, and that it does not cause significant damage to human health or environment, but it can dangerous to humans if breathed. and this use of Vikane is not legal everywhere.<ref>http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/06/vikane-gas-fumigation/</ref><ref>http://www.mypmp.net/bed-bugs/dows-vikane-effective-eliminating-bed-bugs</ref>
Another option suited but for entire structures is that of filling the structure with Vikane (sulfuryl fluoride) gas, a procedure which takes one day and is reported to kills all bed bug adults, nymphs and eggs, if done properly. The manufacturer states that Vikane leaves no residue, and that it does not cause significant damage to human health or environment, but it can dangerous to humans if breathed. and this use of Vikane is not legal everywhere.<ref>http://bedbugger.com/2007/04/06/vikane-gas-fumigation/</ref><ref>http://www.mypmp.net/bed-bugs/dows-vikane-effective-eliminating-bed-bugs</ref>
===Sulfur dioxide)===
Reports exist, clinical and anecdotal, of past use of fumigation with sulfur dioxide (such as through the use of sulfur candle) showing that it was a highly effective method against bedbugs.<ref>http://thebedbugresource.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=623</ref> In the late 1930 to the mid 1940s it was used in the United Kingdom to fumigate entire homes, and it is reported to have helped reduce infestations by up to 80% in one town under study.<ref>Busvine J.R. 1964. Medical Entomology in Britain. Ann. of App. Biol. 53: 190-199</ref> However, it is dangerous to use, due the poisonous and suffocating vapors of the sulphur dioxide gas, while its chemical action on metals and coloring fabrics may leave undesirable effects.<ref>[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CF4QFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2218860%2Fpdf%2Fjapha00004-0001b.pdf&ei=_7fkTMOcM4X7lwfpgvC1Cw&usg=AFQjCNG9DYw3T_grq4d_oLBTX7x-Wi0yTA&sig2=IawKCwC3s8zx6H7WlD9T3A Journal of the American Public Health Association,[ p. 232, April, 1911</ref> Factors adversely affecting its effectiveness include the difficulty in penetrating all haborages, the higher resistance of eggs to the fumigant, while starvation and cold enhances the resistance of all bedbugs. To be efficient it must burn rapidly, and some studies report it is not always successful. More clinical studies are needed in order to ascertain its effectiveness and the best manner of treatment. <ref>[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1940.tb07481.x/abstract H. C. Gough, ''The toxicity of sulphur dioxide to the bed-bug Cimex Lectularius L.'']</ref>
===Natural predators===
Spiders are considered as primary natural predators of bedbugs. Several arthropod species such as cockroaches, ants, mites, etc. can attack and kill them. Rodents also can snack on the bedbugs. <ref>[http://www.metapathogen.com/bedbug/ ''Cimex lectularius, common bedbug'']</ref> An older report from 1902 describes the little red Pharaoh ant (MonoMorium Pharaonis) as being especially effective against bedbugs.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofstateent111896newy/reportofstateent111896newy_djvu.txt University of the State of New York ELEVENTH REPORT, Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York], p. 112</ref>
==Environmentalism==
==Environmentalism==