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Index of Subjects Well, this kind of component is used in many parts of the world to give outdoors clothing and gear an anti-bug treatment. Permethrin is NOT a bug repellant like DEED, it is a neurotoxin and will kill bugs. Even if its structure is similar to plant components, some plant juices are also fall under chemical warfare. Toxicity is reported as low for mammals -for some reason cats are more sensitive to it- but low toxicity doesn't mean its non-toxic. And over time our view on a number of chemicals has changed dramatically. As far as I know permethrin is not approved as personal human bug protection here in Canada, thus spray for DIY application of treated clothing are not carried by retailers like MEC and Canadian Tire. In the US you can buy the stuff in pretty much all outdoor outfitting places (REI, Walmart, hunting suppliers). Maybe this has recently changed. If you decide to use it -from whatever source- to treat your clothing make sure you follow instructions and use it only in the intended way and only at times required. I think the Canadian military sprays their field uniforms with the stuff for years, so getting some new camo pants from surplus stores may be an option ...... Ulli > Hi, Chris- > > amazon.ca seems to sell it. Look for "permethrin clothing spray". > > Peter Payzant > > On 2013-06-03 4:12 PM, cjknndy@mta.ca wrote: > > Late follow-up on the Tick issue. i was recently in an area near Bridgetown and > > in a 400m stretch of tall grass i picked up 40+ ticks, later that day i found > > one in my ear mildy engorged :(. I have not yet reached my 'zen' with ticks and > > am wondering where i could even acquire 'perethrin' or 'perethrum'? I did > > purchase some insect repellant that uses Lemon Eucalyptuc oil as the active > > ingrediant as I've read this is somewhat effective against ticks. > > > > Cheers, > > Chris Kennedy in dartmouth > > > > > > > >> 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 doesnâEURTMt get into > >> any water that has fish. >
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