Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Truth About DEET

Many people use commercial insect repellents to protect themselves from the annoyance of insect bites and to help stop the transmission of insect-borne diseases like the West Nile Virus and Lyme disease. Most of these repellents contain an active ingredient known as N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide, more commonly referred to as DEET.

In the past few years, DEET has received lots of press coverage about its efficacy as a repellent and the safety of using it. Consumer watch groups have warned

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