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Originally Posted by wavelandscott
Lots of good advice and commentary here by Gary...
The company I work for has done and is doing lots of work with mosquito (vector control) particularly in Africa and SE Asia (larvicides, adulticides and treated nets) we sell a lot of product in Australia too (larvicides and adulticides)!...
With respect to DEET, it is hard to beat for personal protection...when used properly.
There is another active ingredient that appears to offer similar levels of repellency..The active ingredient is "picaridin"...I am not certain if it is available in Australia or not...repellency of about 3 hours from culex mosquitos was found in the consumer reports tests in the US (published in July 2008 I think)...
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Hi Scott,
Thanks for the post and the heads-up on
picaridin which is
really appreciated.
When traveling in those parts of the world where there is a risk
of mosquito-borne disease, I try and adopt best practice with regards
preventing getting bitten in the first place, so it is of real interest to learn of
picaridin as a relatively new alternative and I have just done a quick Google.
The Australian consumer affairs publication, Choice Magazine, has a review
of repellents and mentions that a product containing it called AUTAN is
available here in Australia. Review here -
http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle...aspx?id=105015
Great to hear of Sumito Chemical's vector control work and as is well
publicized, it is heartening to note in the end how many lives can be saved
from work such as this.
Hope they have been looking after you there in CT.
Thanks again for the post.
Best Regards
Gary