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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01CE4409.B2F44370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Any chance that pyrethrum is a related chemical? It would be nice if = pyrethrum was toxic or repellant to ticks. I hope you are not in = contact with cats or fish, Peter; or that your clothing wash water = doesn=E2=80=99t get into any water that has fish. Jane From: Peter Payzant=20 Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:52 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re ticks - how to avoid them? When we expect to be in an area with ticks (or chiggers, in other parts = of the world), my wife and I spray our shoes, socks and trousers with = permethrin. This is available as a product called Duranon, by mail order = from some US suppliers. It hasn't been approved for use in Canada yet so = some suppliers won't ship it here, but others will. At least one company, Insect Shield, sells clothing pre-treated with = permethrin, and we've had good luck with their products. The treatment = remains effective through many washes, apparently. Peter Payzant ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01CE4409.B2F44370 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3DISO-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>Any chance that pyrethrum is a related chemical? It would be = nice if=20 pyrethrum was toxic or repellant to ticks. I hope you are not in = contact=20 with cats or fish, Peter; or that your clothing wash water = doesn=E2=80=99t get into any=20 water that has fish.</DIV> <DIV>Jane</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dpce@accesswave.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:pce@accesswave.ca">Peter Payzant</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:52 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] re ticks - how to avoid=20 them?</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV class=3Dmoz-cite-prefix>When we expect to be in an area with ticks = (or=20 chiggers, in other parts of the world), my wife and I spray our shoes, = socks and=20 trousers with <A = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permethrin">permethrin</A>.=20 This is available as a product called Duranon, by mail order from some = US=20 suppliers. It hasn't been approved for use in Canada yet so some = suppliers won't=20 ship it here, but others will.<BR><BR>At least one company, Insect = Shield, sells=20 clothing pre-treated with permethrin, and we've had good luck with their = products. The treatment remains effective through many washes,=20 apparently.<BR><BR>Peter Payzant<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01CE4409.B2F44370--
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