What is the DEET Education Program?
A number of companies that manufacture DEET and formulate DEET-based repellents sponsor the DEET Education Program. The primary goals of the program, which operates under the auspices of the Consumer Specialty Products Association based in Washington , D.C. , are to develop science-based information and educational materials for both professionals and the general public and to communicate with those audiences. One of the Program’s initiatives is to assist communities particularly hard-hit by West Nile virus. The Program also works with consumers and the news media to help dispel ‘urban legends’ about DEET and the products in which it is used.
