On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:15:58 -0500, George Cleveland
wrote:

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 08:34:18 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hello:

Have a question re DEET.

Have a friend who is lactose intolerant, and as a result apparently emits a
higher
level of CO2 than most folks while exhaling.

Mosquitos just love him in the summer.
If you go out with him, they all go to him. Really amazing.

Anyway, want him to try some of the stronger DEET products than he has been
using presently.

A bit worried about the 100% deet, as I read in several places over the
years that
at this strength it is a carcinogen and should be avoided.
True ?

Dropping down in strengths, I see iall the products seem to go from the 100%
to 30% for several 3M offerings.
Doesn't seem to be anything between 100% and 30%, surprisingly.

Is the 30 % "fairly" effective ?

How dangerous is this stuff per any recent research ?

Any other repellents "worth" trying ?

Thanks,
Bob

Try the new Picardin based mosquito repellants. I used one for the
first time last night on a mosquito infested river bank, by far the
worst place for skeets I've seen this year. I used Cutter Advanced,
although I'm sure there are others. It seemed to work at least as well
as my Ben's 100 does. It also doesn't dissolve plastic fly lines and
rod finishes either.

g.c.


Thats Picaridin not Picardin (sorry Jean-Luc).

http://www.picaridin.com/default.htm

g.c.