Online circulating a video is seen to crawl a bed bug on a TTC line 1 metro train, which increases renewed concerns about hygiene on Toronto’s transit system.
14-second video This week a transit was uploaded by the user to the Toronto Redit Forum, which creeps a small -brown bug on an empty seat.
Antonia Guidoti of the Department of Natural History (ROM) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) told Citynuse that the insect shown in the video is actually a bed bug.
In a statement by Citynews, TTC spokesman Stuart Green said vehicles are cleaned at night.
Green said, “It is not common on TTC, it should deal with some public transit agencies worldwide.” “Even though many experts in the region have stated that transit insects have an inhuman environment for living and breed, whether it is, despite seat material, we hope that if anyone sees something like this, they immediately report it through the customer service or the SAFETC app so that we can get the vehicle out of service and clean it.”
Citynews has reached the city of Toronto for further comments.
Toronto has been ranked continuously The worst city in Canada for bed bug infectionTopping on the annual list of Pest Control Company, Orkin Canada, for seven straight years. In Toronto, 65 percent of the reported infections occur in apartment buildings, especially chronic high-rays with frequent turnover.
Bed bug views on TTC are not common, but they have been informed in various public settings in Toronto, Libraries includingHospital, and office building.
Bed insects are small, featherless insects Feed on blood of people and animals during sleep. They spread by attaching infected items such as clothing, furniture or accessories.
Adult bed bugs are brownBut they become dark in a blood-red color after feeding. Young bedbugs are in small and light colors, but are also deep after feeding.
A bed bug bite can take 14 days to appear and is often found on the face, neck, arms, feet and chest. Some individuals do not react to bite, while others may experience minor skin reactions.