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How to prevent Lyme disease this summer
Why not use DEET?
eurleif
on April 27, 2024
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Picaridin and DEET are roughly equal in effectiveness, but picaridin is safer for pets, and doesn't have a nasty habit of destroying synthetic fabrics.
huytersd
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Anecdotally it’s useless. I’ve seen them walk right over DEET sprayed boots. They freeze up pretty much on contact with permethrin.
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