On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:10:18 GMT, "Chris" wrote:

BTW, it's not just my confort that is the issue. I have a hairless dog and
it gets covered in them while doing her business outside. At last count she
has 32 current bites.

I think the sulfur affects small insects like chiggers and fleas both
with inhaled sulfur dust and inhaled sulfur dioxide. Most insects
breath through small pores in their sides and cannot escape the sulfur
fumes. So the stink is part of the cure.

It will not hurt anything that I know of and you can put the dust on
your socks and skin if you want to use it as a repellent. It is just
that you have to isolate your house from your yard temporarily and
avoid contaminating your other clothes with the stink.

As kids in the 1950's we used to make ourselves insect proof by
getting pharmaceutical grade sulfur, putting it in empty pill capsules
and swallowing the pills. Of course our body odor was likely enough
to run everything off.

Rusty Mase