What is the best personal repellent?
A. It has long been known that the most effective repellents are those which contain DEET. DEET is the abbreviation for the chemical N,N-diethyl-meta-toluarnide. DEET has been sold in the United States since 1956 and is used by 50-100 million people each year. It repels mosquitoes, no-see-ums, fleas, ticks, gnats, horse flies, deer flies, yellow flies and chiggers. Repellents containing DEET are available as pump sprays, aerosols, lotions, creams, soaps and sticks. In general, the inexpensive products contain less than 10% DEET, while the more expensive ones are at least 20% DEET. There are over 40 products containing from 5% to 95% DEET which can be purchased. Products with more than 35% DEET are available, most often, through camping and outdoor supply stores. If a little DEET is good, is a lot of DEET better? Not necessarily. In tests done by the army, repellents with 30-40% DEET worked twice as well as repellents with 75% DEET. Read the label and check to see what percentage of the
It has long been known that the most effective repellents are those which contain DEET. DEET is the abbreviation for the chemical N.N-diethyl-meta-toluamide. DEET has been sold in the United States since 1956 and is used by 50-100 million people each year. It repels mosquitoes, no-see-ums, fleas, ticks, gnats, horse flies, deer flies, yellow flies and chiggers. Repellents containing DEET are available as pump sprays, aerosols, lotions, creams, soaps and sticks. In general, the more inexpensive products contain less than 10%DEET, while the more expensive ones are at least 20%DEET. There are over 40 products containing from 5% TO 95% DEET, which can be purchased. Products with more than 35% are available, most often, through camping and outdoor supply stores. If a little DEET is good, is a lot of DEET better? Not necessarily. In tests done by the army, repellents with 30-40% DEET worked twice as well as repellents with 75% DEET. Read the label and check to see what percentage of the prod
