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My daughter sent me the name of a new "all natural" mosquito repellent which her friends are using on their dogs and their kids(!):
http://www.parsleyhollow.com/
I'm all for lessening toxic chemical exposure, but I was leery of trusting an "all-natural" formula for mosquito repelling, especially this time of year.
However, when I started researching the ingredients, BIG SURPRISE! The big ag schools agree with this small company's contention that their pimary ingredient is 10 times as effective as DEET.
According to Iowa State's Ag College:
QUOTE: Peterson said it took about a tenth as much nepetalactone to have the same repellency as DEET. "In other words, nepetalactone is about 10 times more effective than DEET," he said. END QUOTE from
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/news/2001releases/catnip.html
So I am ordering some. Looks like an idea whose time has come.
http://www.parsleyhollow.com/
I'm all for lessening toxic chemical exposure, but I was leery of trusting an "all-natural" formula for mosquito repelling, especially this time of year.
However, when I started researching the ingredients, BIG SURPRISE! The big ag schools agree with this small company's contention that their pimary ingredient is 10 times as effective as DEET.
According to Iowa State's Ag College:
QUOTE: Peterson said it took about a tenth as much nepetalactone to have the same repellency as DEET. "In other words, nepetalactone is about 10 times more effective than DEET," he said. END QUOTE from
http://www.ag.iastate.edu/aginfo/news/2001releases/catnip.html
So I am ordering some. Looks like an idea whose time has come.