Insect repellent choices January 07, 2009, 03:39:54 pm Yahoo Message Number: 98403Passing along the website of an informative article I read while researching insect repellents: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1088411-overview Joan
Re: Insect repellent choices Reply #1 – January 07, 2009, 03:51:32 pm Yahoo Message Number: 98404Quote "...while researching insect repellents: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1088411-overview" Joan Ahhhh, vindication feels soooo good. I've been using DEET and SkinSoSoft for years with good success.Steve S. Lazy Bones & Jiggs
Re: Insect repellent choices Reply #2 – January 07, 2009, 08:36:17 pm Yahoo Message Number: 98410"I've been using DEET and SkinSoSoft for years with good success."According to the article, DEET is quite effective, but "Avon Corporation's IR3535-based 7.5% repellent [SkinSoSoft Bug Guard] provided an average complete protection time of only about 23 minutes," and "Studies have shown that Skin-So-Soft bath oil has a minimal repellent effect, and it is at least 10 times less effective than 12.5% DEET." That confirms what Consumers Union found when they tested repellents a few years back: SkinSoSoft placed at the bottom of the list.Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
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