Think twice before combing the alleyways and resale stores for a bargain - one man's trash may be more than a treasure, as several Chicagoans recently discovered. "A family came in covered in bedbug bites from infested 'free' furniture they found in an abandoned apartment," said Dr. Jospeh Leija, allergist, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of Loyola University Health System. "The couple had only taken the wooden headboards and baseboards of the beds - not the mattresses because they knew that would be unsanitary - as well as a table and chairs...
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