Vacuum Cleaners Discussions

Here is an article on MSN regarding using your vacuum as a flea killer.

It appears that the brush action and vacuum will kill all fleas and their pupa.

www.msnbc.msn/id/22300344/?GT1=10645

Some more bad news for these friskie fleas.  Apparently the news that a high priced UV vacuum isn't needed to rid the pee wee pests is getting spread around.

According to the May 2008 Good Housekeeping magazine, page 39, we learn: [And I quote]:

Free of fleas. They may be small, but ridding your home of the critters can be a big job.  Now it doesn't have to be. Fido and Fluffy still need to be treated, but you can skip the harsh insecticidal cleaning of the carpets. An upright vacuum will do the deed, say researchers from Ohio State University. (Vacuum daily at first, then weekly.)  And no need for special disposal of the bag: "Once in, fleas won't get out," says W. Fred Hink, PhD.

No wonder the halo uses a bag and is not a bagless dirt containment system.  Humm?  Wonder if the good doctor's statement applies to bagless vacuums?

Also no wonder, GH never granted its seal of approval to the halo upright vacuum.

Carmine D.

Yet another blow is struck against UV light devices.

Robert Baltimore, an infectious-disease specialist at Yale School of Medicine, says it's true that ultraviolet light kills bacteria, but questions the need for the devices.  "Most of these bacteria are harmless to us, and providing a sterile environment is fruitless," he says.  Most transmission of disease occurs from person to person, not from the environment, he adds.

Source:  Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2008, "Aches and Claims," by Laura Johannes, "Shining a UV Light On Germy Surfaces."

Carmine D.

CarmineD wrote:

Hi,

I'd add that we may well be over-sterilized now.  Reports of hard to kill infections acquired during hospital stays are too many.

Venson