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Chemical Free Repellent

By Kate on May 4, 2005 1:56 PM | 5 Comments

Last night on CTV News, an item on DEET and other mosquito repellents included a recommendation by the reporter of a mixture of cis- and trans- p- menthane-3,8-diols for those didn't like to put "chemicals" on their skin.

5 Comments

maz2 | May 4, 2005 2:20 PM

Bear fat is the best repellent ever.

N | May 4, 2005 2:24 PM

If you think p-methane-3,8-diol is bad, look out for dihydrogen oxide. It's lethal.

paul | May 4, 2005 3:07 PM

probably written up the same reporters and approved by the same editors that label naturally occuring caron dioxide as a "toxic" gas.

Now you know how Kyoto got to be the "in-vogue" thing.

Half Canadian | May 4, 2005 5:13 PM

Nothing works better than DEET. Hands down, it is the best working misquito repellant out there. You may as well use vanilla extract or some other old-wives remedy as use that 'non-chemical' junk.

Laura | May 5, 2005 12:07 AM

It is interesting what gets done in the name of "natural" products. The school here used to send home brochures for a specific brand of shampoo that used "natural" chrysanthemum extracts to kill head lice, whenever a case was found among the students. Cheery pictures of flowers, and lots of assurances that the product was safe, natural, and effective. As I recall, there were some instructions about limiting the time the shampoo was on the skin, but nowhere any admission that the active ingredient taken from the cheery chrysanthemum plants was a pyrethrin, a neurotoxin. Whether it comes from a synthetic process or from a chrysanthemum plant, and whether it soaks into a louse or a human, it's still a nerve poison. I was pleasantly surprised when, following my letter to the principal, the next head lice bulletin arrived with an informative pamphlet from the health department in place of the cheery advertising.

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