Bed Bugs Are Back! (Wonder Why?)

BROOKLYN – After decades in obscurity, bedbugs have returned to the United States to take up residence in a place where they can live long-term, rent-free and have all the food they need — in mattresses all over the country.

Bed bugs can live in your new mattress, by Victoria Corderi, NBC News, April 22, 2008.

What word is missing in this report?

(Thanks, LB).