[NatureNS] tick stuff

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Hit the send button a bit to quick


Please: Do not use the animal stuff to spray your clothing.  It will likely not stick to well on the 
fabric in the first placem as the solvents are different even if the active ingredients are the 
same.

My point is that it is already widely used in Canada for years on pets and lifestock, and in the 
process also exposing their owners to a certain degree to it, so why not for treating fabrics?

It is a toxin and not a repellent, often marketed as of plant, i.e. biological origin but still toxic, 
but in the end it comes down to risk assessment.  On one side the small but very real 
chance to catch some nasty infection from a bug bite (lyme, menengitis, malaria, dengue 
fever ....) on the other side the minute chance of direct contact with an agent with 
presumably low toxicity for mammals.   I know what my pick is!  After all DEET is also not 
exactly a skin care product but I take it hands down overeven a single black fly bite.

Ulli 

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