We have just developed an all natural mosquito repellent which has recently been tested in Northern Minnesota and the Mangroves and appears to out perform Deet. Mosquitoes follow the CO2 plume exhaled by all mammals, then use the octinol scent exuded by mammalian skin to find a blood source. Repellents don't repel, but simply mask. One problem in testing repellents, is that each species of mosquito responds differently to "repellents" but only one species can be bred in the lab for testing purposes..Ades Egypti. It's one of the vectors for malaria and yellow fever, so it makes for a viable study, but other repellents have been shown to be up to 10 times more effective against other species in South East Asia. Our bug lab suggested the best test for our product would be field trials under actual conditions. Cya! Bob Denton www.soytek.com >>>Everything I've heard says they don't work. DEET is the only tried and true mosquito repellant, *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 22 2003 - 07:39:34 PDT
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