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Authorities have warned of a growing trend of ingesting bug spray in the southern United States, supposedly as a substitute for methamphetamine. Possible symptoms of ingesting bug poison include, but are not limited to: erratic behavior, nausea, headache, sore throat, extreme inflammation, redness of the hands and feet, auditory hallucinations ...
A mosquito on a bottle of "natural" insect repellent. Several natural ingredients are certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as insect repellents, namely catnip oil, oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE) (and its active ingredient p-Menthane-3,8-diol), oil of citronella, and 2-Undecanone, which is usually produced synthetically ...
DEET is often sold and used in spray or lotion in concentrations up to 100%. [10] Consumer Reports found a correlation between DEET concentration and hours of protection against insect bites. 100% DEET was found to offer up to 12 hours of protection while several lower concentration DEET formulations (20–34%) offered 3–6 hours of protection.
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Baygon products contain the pyrethroids cyfluthrin, transfluthrin, cypermethrin, prallethrin and the carbamate propoxur and organophosphorus chlorpyrifos, as active ingredients. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In the concentrations used in consumer product insecticides, pyrethroids may also have insect repellent properties and are generally harmless to human ...
No-spray protests have called for more organic methods of preventing West Nile fever due to concerns about the potential health and environmental effects of the spray as well as recent studies showing the ineffectiveness of the spray. [citation needed] The active compound is an endocrine disruptor [2] [3] and toxic to bees and fish.
Insect growth regulator (IGR) is a term coined to include insect hormone mimics and an earlier class of chemicals, the benzoylphenyl ureas, which inhibit chitin (exoskeleton) biosynthesis in insects [42] Diflubenzuron is a member of the latter class, used primarily to control caterpillars that are pests.
Commonly found in crawling insect killers and some mosquito sprays. Cyphenothrin, active ingredient of K2000 Insect spray sold in Israel. Mostly used in some aerosols as a Cypermethrin substitute in developing countries. Deltamethrin, dibromovinyl derivative of pyrethrin; Dimefluthrin