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At 7:34 PM -0300 5/22/15, Dave&Jane Schlosberg wrote:
>Can anyone tell me about picaridin? Pros and cons? Is it available
>here? It's supposed to work against mosquitoes and ticks as well
>as biting flies and chiggers. According to the "Natural Resources
>Defense Council"(?):
>
>Picaridin does not cause skin reactions. The EPA has not found
>picaridin to be a human carcinogen and considers it only slightly
>toxic when used on the skin. Typical usage of picaridin has no
>significant toxicity to children under the age of 12, according to a
>2008 study. Picaridin-containg products include: Cutter Advanced
>Insect Repellent, Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent, Avon Skin so Soft
>Bug Guard Plus Picaridin Pump Spray and Repel Sportsmen Formula
>Insect Repellent Pump.
I can't comment specifically about picaridin, Jane, but I've been
unable to find Repel Sportsmen here. To be honest, I was unaware that
it contained picaridin but it was my repellent of choice in Texas
(the land of chiggers) because it was available as a non-aerosol and
one iteration contained only 18% DEET, the lowest pump spray DEET
concentration that I found effective (and was reasonably safe, with
precautions, for use with cameras and binoculars...of course,
anything that comes as a lotion and ends up on the palm of your hands
is NOT safe for use handling plastics and is useless for fabrics in
the field). It was also available in 23%, 29% and 40% concentrations.
It's listed at Amazon.ca but is always "currently unavailable."
Here the lowest DEET concentration I can find in a pump (non-aerosol,
not a lotion) seems to be a bit higher than I'd like, 25%, or it goes
the other way to mostly ineffective 7% to 10% formulations (these
might be fine for picnics in city parks but they're useless anywhere
else).
Phil
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902-460-8343 (cell)
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"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."
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<div>At 7:34 PM -0300 5/22/15, Dave&Jane Schlosberg wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Comic Sans MS">Can anyone
tell me about picaridin? Pros and cons? Is it available
here? <font color="#333333"> It's supposed to work
against mosquitoes and ticks as well as biting flies and chiggers.
According to the "Natural Resources Defense
Council"(?):</font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> <br>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#0000FF"><i>Picaridin does not cause
skin reactions. The EPA has not found picaridin to be a human
carcinogen and considers it only slightly toxic when used on the skin.
Typical usage of picaridin has no significant toxicity to children
under the age of 12, according to a 2008 study.
Picaridin-containg products include: Cutter Advanced Insect Repellent,
Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent, Avon Skin so Soft Bug Guard Plus
Picaridin Pump Spray and Repel Sportsmen Formula Insect Repellent
Pump.</i></font></blockquote>
<div><br></div>
<div>I can't comment specifically about picaridin, Jane, but I've been
unable to find Repel Sportsmen here. To be honest, I was unaware that
it contained picaridin but it was my repellent of choice in Texas (the
land of chiggers) because it was available as a non-aerosol and one
iteration contained only 18% DEET, the lowest pump spray DEET
concentration that I found effective (and was reasonably safe, with
precautions, for use with cameras and binoculars...of course, anything
that comes as a lotion and ends up on the palm of your hands is NOT
safe for use handling plastics and is useless for fabrics in the
field). It was also available in 23%, 29% and 40% concentrations. It's
listed at Amazon.ca but is always "currently
unavailable."</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Here the lowest DEET concentration I can find in a pump
(non-aerosol, not a lotion) seems to be a bit higher than I'd like,
25%, or it goes the other way to mostly ineffective 7% to 10%
formulations (these might be fine for picnics in city parks but
they're useless anywhere else).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Phil</div>
<div><br></div>
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Phil Schappert, PhD</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br>
27 Clovis Ave.</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000">Halifax, NS, B3P
1J3</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000">902-460-8343
(cell)</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">philschappert.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">imaginaturestudio.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">imaginaturestudio.blogspot.ca</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000">philschappert.com</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier" color="#000000"><br>
"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow
through..."</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier"
color="#000000"
> <span
></span
> <span
></span
> <span
></span> (Michael Hedges)</font></div>
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