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Bedbugs are “like a thief coming into your home”, summarizes Stéphane Bras, spokesperson for the 3D union chamber (rat control, disinfection and disinfestation). They infiltrate your privacy, to the point of mentally weighing on those who are victims. Since 2016, 4.7 million French people have been confronted with bedbugs, according to an Ipsos study. Faced with the urgency of the situation, some rush to pest control professionals, sometimes without scruple.
The Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, recognized on France Inter at the start of the week “abuses” on the part of the sector. “What concerns me is that people do not get cheated with boxes that make them pay 2,000 or 3,000 euros” to eliminate bedbugs, added the minister. These exorbitant amounts are well beyond the average cost calculated by Ipsos, which estimates it, on average, at 1,249 euros.
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To prevent this sum from falling into the hands of scammers, there are a few tips to follow. For Stéphane Bras, “the process is quite simple”. All you have to do is go to the CS3D website to obtain a list of “professionals identified, certified and engaged in European certification”. “For insecticide treatment, [it is] necessary to ensure that the professional is in possession of a valid Certibiocide certificate issued by the Ministry of Ecological Transition,” mentions the site ecologie.gouv.fr. The latter also recalls that the use of insecticides without precaution presents “significant risks to the environment and human health”.
For other techniques, the ministry recommends “using companies specializing in detection (in particular those using dogs) by requesting guarantees (training, training certificate and treatment of the infestation)”. You should also not hesitate to question the professional “about his treatment protocol and check that he respects it, particularly at the mechanical fight stage”.
Stéphane Bras also reminds us not to rush towards the first professional spotted. “It’s a bad reflex, you should instead keep your cool and ask for several quotes to be sure not to be scammed,” advises the specialist. For the latter, if these crooked professionals “hurt clients and the profession”, they remain, fortunately, “still marginal”.
