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Skin stuff
On 04/09/2014 15:41, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 04/09/2014 09:20, Martin wrote: I use DEET on my clothes not on my skin. Dutch tests resulted in recommendations of repellents that contained at least 50% DEET. Yes, it works, but the biggest problem with DEET is that it is a pretty good solvent for some plastics. Many years ago some good Aussie friends were returning to Australia via some tropical countries. I did them a good turn (I thought) by making them a couple of hundred grams of 50% DEET in a cream base. As they were flying, to save weight, I used a plastic jar. When they got back to Oz they wrote that after a few weeks, the jar dissolved and they got a creamy, plasticky, mess all over their clothes! Fortunately we remained good friends... I sometimes wonder if there are strange fingerprint patterns over today's digital cameras and mobile phones if they are handled after someone rubs DEET on their skin. :-). It's a good job that the implants women use to create silicon valley are below the skin |
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