19-06-2003, 02:44 AM
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Mosquitos!!! Consumer Reports testing Magnet and Trap models...
In article ,
says...
 Take 100 mg of vitamin B1 (with B complexes) daily, avoid eating
bananas, wear light-colored clothing, and use DEET. This is better,
works everywhere, and less $ than those mosquito traps.
This was a cut/paste from another forum. Supposedly a
study published in the New England Journal of Medicine
(July 4, 2002) compared the effectiveness of various
insect repellents.
Product--- Active ingredient --- Average time until
first bite (minutes)
OFF! Deep Woods DEET, 23.8% 301.5
Sawyer Controlled Release DEET, 20% 234.4
OFF! Skintastic DEET, 6.65% 112.4
Bite Blocker for Kids Soybean oil, 2% 94.6
OFF! Skintastic for Kids DEET, 4.75% 88.4
Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard Plus IR3535, 7.5% 22.9
Natrapel Citronella, 10% 19.7
Herbal Armor (microencapsulated) Citronella, 12%;
peppermint oil, 2.5%; cedar oil, 2%; lemongrass oil, 1%;
geranium oil, 0.05% 18.9
Green Ban for People Citronella, 10%; peppermint oil,
2% 14
Buzz Away Citronella, 5% 13.5
Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard Citronella, 0.1% 10.3
Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil Uncertain 9.6
Skin-So-Soft Moisturizing Suncare Citronella, 0.05% 2.8
Gone Original Wristband DEET, 9.5% 0.3
Repello Wristband DEET, 9.5% 0.2
Gone Plus Repelling Wristband Citronella, 25% 0
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Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!
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