Bed bugs have been discovered inside the US government's own insect-control agency, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), at the Department of Agriculture's George Washington Carver Center in Beltsville, Maryland.
However, NOTUS reported that despite repeated reappearances of the pests, the agency is still forcing staff into an ongoing cycle of evacuation, fumigation, and return-to-work orders. The situation has left employees frustrated and uneasy as they are still being told to report to offices linked to a unit tasked with stopping invasive species.
