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It's mosquito season, do you use insect repellant? Be careful. Here's a safer way to protect yourself. 
Liberally applying a mosquito repellent with 21% DEET over a period of two weeks at camp, a 20-year-old Montreal man with Down syndrome lost consciousness and dropped onto his cabin floor. Apparently the liberal application of DEET, which had saturated his sleeping bag, resulted in his deep inhalation and transdermal exposure to the substance. When his friends stripped him of his clothes and washed him thoroughly, he was able to recover. Still, the incident raised concern over DEET's safety. Canada's Pest Management and Regulation Agency had previously re-evaluated the product's safety and suggested that products containing DEET in concentration levels beyond 30% be discontinued after December 31, 2004. "DEET" is the common name for N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide, the active ingredient in the most widely used insect repellents applied to the skin. DEET disrupts the ability of biting insects to detect the source of carbon dioxide -- the gas naturally given off by our skin and in our breath. This carbon dioxide smell is what attracts mosquitoes and other insects to us. Insects aren't killed -- they just can't locate their prey for a period of hours. Thus it works by blocking the nervous system of the insect. You can make a natural insect repellant that avoids DEET entirely. Many people swear by different methods. Here are just a few: • A Vitamin B-1 tablet (200 mg) daily. Though you may smell nothing, except for a strong odor in the urine, mosquitoes will find your skin repugnant. • Garlic supplements. Garlic repels all manner of blood-suckers, from vampires to mosquitoes. • Avon's Skin-So-Soft bath oil. • Vick's Vaporub. Mosquitoes like perfume, but hate the smell of Vick's. • A mix of essential oils: Mix 20 drops Eucalyptus oil, 20 drops Cedarwood oil, 10 drops tea tree oil, 10 drops Geranium oil, and 2 ounces of carrier oil (e.g., Jojoba). • Lavendar oil. Dab it all over -- smells pleasant. If you've got a natural mosquito repellant that you've found success with, I'd love to hear about it. Send me an email.
Case of Deet Overuse Prompts Warning
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