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--Apple-Mail=_C8C19778-9A8B-448B-9136-A479985D25F9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I never use any repellent, although hardly a day goes by that I do not = get into tall grass or bushes. My neighbours have all had ticks including the black legged, but I have = not seen any yet. I am just too scared of the chemicals especially using them regularly. Besides, whatever you use, you will have to check your body (totally) = every evening anyway. Same for sunscreen, I don=E2=80=99t use it. I am just not convinced what = is worse, sun exposure or sunscreen on my skin. Henk Kwindt, Cow Bay, NS. > On Aug 14, 2017, at 2:42 PM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> = wrote: >=20 > I know this goes against the grain, but have any of you = tried...nothing at all? >=20 > I realize that there are a very few circumstances where one must go = into mosquito-ridden areas. However, when disease transmission is = effectively nil (as in NS), can you just not tolerate a few bites? I am = now 20 years without using repellent, not even once, not on my = clothes...nothing. Seriously, mosquito bites are itchy for a little bit, = then no issue. >=20 > I really think bug repellent companies have turned this into a much = bigger issue than it really is, and most people think they *need* = repellent. >=20 > I also do not use mosquito jackets...the hoods have some redeeming = value, but the jackets allow *more* access to your skin than if you just = wore a light shirt...the weave of jackets is so loose that the proboscis = of the mosquitoes has much less trouble getting through when compared = with the tighter weave of shirts. >=20 > I also understand that some people are apparently more attractive to = biting flies than other people. However, I also think that like driving = (impossibly, we can't all be "better than the average driver"), there = are a lot of people which think that "mosquitoes just love me more than = anyone else" >=20 > I do support the use of a repellent for ticks or biting insects, *if* = you live in an area where disease-carrying critters are a problem. >=20 > Randy >=20 > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. >=20 > On 14 August 2017 at 13:34, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca = <mailto:srshaw@dal.ca>> wrote: > The latest (Sept 2017, page 17) print issue of US-based Consumer = Reports briefly evaluates 24 bug repellents, aimed at mosquitoes but = saying that their tests showed that they appeared also to repel ticks. = The scores range from 95 (tops), down to 4 (poor). Six of the top 9 top = recommended brands contain only DEET, 2 contain picaridin, and 1 = contains Oil of lemon eucalyptus. These are US-based products, unclear = if all/any available in Canada. The report can be reviewed without a = subscription at > CR.org/repellents0917 <http://cr.org/repellents0917> > access to which is a bit clunky but worked for me on checking it out. = The CR review doesn=E2=80=99t mention Piactive or icaridin, probably = because the primary focus was on mosquito repellents. The review comes = down on plant-based =E2=80=98botanicals=E2=80=99, which it says are not = EPA registered and which they say they found ineffective. > Steve (Hfx)=20 >=20 > On Aug 8, 2017, at 7:03 PM, David Patriquin <davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca = <mailto:davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca>> wrote: >=20 >> When I am in the "right place at the right time" to get black-legged = ticks, especially the nymphs, I use a combination of light coloured (so = I can see ticks), pyrethroid-treated clothing and a personal = insecticide with pyrethrin or pyrethroids (synthetic analogues of = pyrethrin) to ward them off. >>=20 >> This summer I began using the Piactive product. I was walking some = clearcuts in early July with a colleague who had sprayed exposed skin = but had untreated clothing. Walking the same route, he picked up 5 = black-legged ticks, I picked up none. =20 >>=20 >> The Piactive product (which contains icaridin, a pyrethroid) is said = to be good for 12 hours; it doesn't smell bad like Deet, nor does it = dissolve some synthetic clothing as Deet does. >>=20 >> Regardless of whether I have been wearing treated clothing & using = the personal insecticide I am always on the lookout for ticks on my skin = when I shower. >>=20 >> So far so good. >>=20 >> View=20 >> versicolor.ca/noticks <http://versicolor.ca/noticks>=20 >> for some of my sources.=20 >> =20 >> David G Patriquin >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> From: "klantz@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca>" = <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca>> >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20 >> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 6:46 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall >>=20 >> I don't use a repellent for ticks as they are present around my yard = and I would have to apply it every time I go outside. I have tried = Piactive for mosquitoes & black flies, it is 20% Icaridin and seems to = be comparable to deet. The label states that it is also effective for = Ticks so I suspect it would provide some protection. >> =20 >> Kevin >> =20 >> From: David Schlosberg <mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 3:31 PM >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall >> =20 >> I=E2=80=99m curious. Do you folks spray with deet? I=E2=80=99ve = been using picaridin this summer and last, but I haven=E2=80=99t gotten = any ticks on me yet. Luck? >> =20 >>=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_C8C19778-9A8B-448B-9136-A479985D25F9 Content-Tr