Hi, I've heard about SSS as insect repellent before too. I read or heard somewhere that it works (briefly) a "mechanical" barrier in that the mossies find it difficult/unpleasant to drill through (maybe it "tastes" bad to them?). So as soon as the surface layer of liquid on your skin is gone, so is the effect. This is in contrast to DEET and other repellents, where it's the odour that actually repels the bug(gers). I agree with Sylvia that different peoples' body chemistry influences how the gentler, organic repellents work. Much as I'd prefer to use citronella, etc., on me it just seems to serve as lemon-flavoured salad dressing for the bugs. Philip "The opinions expressed in this posting are not necessarily those of my employer, or indeed, of any sentient being. **************************************** Mountain Equipment Co-op 1655 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6J 1K1 Tel: 640-732-1989 Fax: 604-731-6483 email: pid_at_mec.ca Visit our website at: http://www.mec.ca ***************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 01 1998 - 15:20:33 PDT
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