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2. The Best Bug Sprays and Insect Repellents, According to ... - AOL

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   The bug bite fight is not something we take lightly around here. ... is the most effective active ingredient in an insect repellent. A 10% DEET-based repellent will typically last 90 minutes or so ...

3. DEET - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. How to treat bug bites, according to doctors - AOL

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   How to prevent bug bites. Insect sprays formulated with DEET, or N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, is your best protection against bite, according to our experts. Along with wearing long pants and long ...

5. 'Drain, dress, defend': The simple steps recommended to keep ...

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   Finally, defend yourself with an EPA-registered insect repellent containing chemicals such as DEET, a standard ingredient in many commercial insect repellents that have been scientifically proven ...

6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

7. Howard Carter (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   He is an expert in the field of insects and specifically as a mosquito bite prevention expert. After contracting two life-threatening diseases from mosquito bites, despite using a high-percentage DEET-based repellent, he was motivated to invent a totally natural, equally effective mosquito repellent, incognito anti-mosquito.