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Why You Should Choose a Plant-Based Insect or Mosquito Repellent
When it comes to avoiding pesky insects like mosquitos and ticks, a plant-based insect repellent is becoming a popular choice over conventional DEET formulas. This article discusses the health concerns surrounding DEET bug sprays and why natural, DEET-free options are a wiser choice.
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This Summer, Just Say No to Bugs!
There is a growing body of evidence warning that DEET, the most often recommended and used mosquito repellents ingredient, can cause serious health problems. Furthermore, applying DEET while using sunblock,...
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Caution: DEET Based Insect Repellents
Every year, approximately one-third of the U.S. population uses mosquito repellants containing DEET to ward off mosquitoes and other pests. At present, DEET is used in more than 230 products with concentrations up to 100 percent. Duke University...
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How to Choose a Mosquito and Insect Repellent
Mosquito - Insect Repellent - Buzz Away Insect repellent use and safety - especially mosquito control - has become an important health concern. Buzz Away addresses those concerns. The Basics: The mosquito is attracted...
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DEET vs Natural Repellents
To DEET Or Not To DEET Compelling Issues Draw Consumer Attention By David Shaw Founder, Quantum Health When Dr. Marcus Laux's students - a group of doctors, pharmacists and researchers - arrived in the Amazon Rain Forest to study the roots of modern pharmacy, most had packed their...
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ABC's 20/20 Gives Buzz Away Highest Mark!
In June 1999, ABC's top-rated news magazine 20/20 rated Quantum Health's Buzz Away the #1 most effective plant-based insect repellent. Sylvia Chase reported that Buzz Away, Avon Bug Guard, and Blocker were the repellents tested. The results were: 1) Volunteers thrust their arms into cages packed with 300...
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Buzz Away Provides Ultimate Mosquito Protection
Protection For Extreme Rainforest Expeditions Rain Forests such as South America's Amazon jungle region are considered to be the most powerful and bio-actively diverse natural environments on the planet. And more and more, researchers are traveling to these areas to study plants that may provide better treatments for viruses,...
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Animal Studies on DEET's Brain Effects Warrant Caution
Duke Pharmacologist Says Animal Studies on DEET's Brain Effects Warrant Further Testing and Caution in Human Use DURHAM, N.C. - A Duke University Medical Center pharmacologist is recommending caution when using the insecticide DEET, after his animal studies last year found the chemical causes diffuse brain cell death and...
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Field Assessment of Buzz Away Extreme
University of Guelph, Dept. of Environmental Biology, Guelph, Ontario, Canada SUMMARY Buzz Away Extreme HOMS formula Spray Insect Repellent was tested outdoors against three mosquito species. It provided 99.3% protection after one hour, 91.6% protection at two hours and 89.2% protection at 3 hours. The performance is similar to...
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Mixing DEET and Sunblock Increases Health Risks
A study from Canada's University of Manitoba warns against using DEET based mosquito repellents with sunblock. The study, by professor of pharmacy Xiaochen Gu, found that when a 2.5-per-cent solution of insect-repelling DEET was mixed with oxybenzone, a very common sun-blocking ingredient, the amount of DEET absorbed into...
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