[NatureNS] re ticks - how to avoid them?

Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 16:12:25 -0300
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Late follow-up on the Tick issue. i was recently in an area near Bridgetown and
in a 400m stretch of tall grass i picked up 40+ ticks, later that day i found
one in my ear mildy engorged :(. I have not yet reached my 'zen' with ticks and
am wondering where i could even acquire 'perethrin' or 'perethrum'? I did
purchase some insect repellant that uses Lemon Eucalyptuc oil as the active
ingrediant as I've read this is somewhat effective against ticks.

Cheers,
Chris Kennedy in dartmouth



> Any chance that pyrethrum is a related chemical?  It would be nice if
> pyrethrum was toxic or repellant to ticks.  I hope you are not in contact
> with cats or fish, Peter; or that your clothing wash water doesn’t get into
> any water that has fish.
>>
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