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Non Deet
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If you are still resistant to using a DEET based product you might try one with Picaridin:

There are now products with 15% Picaridin (such as Cutter Advanced Sport Spray) that claim up to 10 hr. protection . The CDC information does not address anything except 7% picaridin.

[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]"Studies show that picaridin works as well as similar concentrations of DEET, while oil of lemon eucalyptus repels insects oil of lemon eucalyptus repels insects about as well as low concentrations of DEET. Because picaridin is only available in a 7% formulation, neither product will prevent mosquito bites for as long as high-concentration DEET will, CDC officials say." [url "http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/105/107767.htm?pagenumber=1"]From webmd[/url][/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Picaridin advantages - (from [url "http://www.picaridin.com/"]www.picaridin.com[/url]):
"Odorless. Pleasant skin feel"
"Not a solvent to plastics, coatings, sealants. Will not damage plastics or synthetic materials"[/size][/font]

Here is a quote from the 2002 New England Journal of Medicine article about testing they did:

"No non-DEET repellent fully evaluated in this study was able to provide protection that lasted more than 1.5 hours. Only the soybean-oil–based repellent was able to provide protection for a period similar to that of the lowest-concentration DEET product we tested (94.6 and 88.4 minutes, respectively).[/url] "
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Non Deet - by Dryrod - 08-02-2006, 02:16 AM
Re: [Dryrod] Non Deet - by flygoddess - 08-02-2006, 04:57 PM
Re: [Dryrod] Non Deet - by Scruffy_Fly - 08-03-2006, 12:29 AM
Re: [Scruffy_Fly] Non Deet - by flygoddess - 08-03-2006, 03:30 AM
Re: [Scruffy_Fly] Non Deet - by Dryrod - 08-03-2006, 04:02 AM
Re: [Dryrod] Non Deet - by davetclown - 08-03-2006, 03:32 AM
Re: [davetclown] Non Deet - by Dryrod - 08-03-2006, 03:58 AM
Re: [Dryrod] Non Deet - by davetclown - 08-11-2006, 12:34 AM
Re: [Dryrod] Non Deet - by Scruffy_Fly - 08-03-2006, 02:10 PM
Re: [Scruffy_Fly] Non Deet - by Scruffy_Fly - 08-03-2006, 02:14 PM
Re: [Scruffy_Fly] Non Deet - by Scruffy_Fly - 08-03-2006, 02:19 PM

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