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Truly Non-toxic and Natural Insect Repellants

Posted by: Maff in nontoxic, natural insect repellant, multiple chemical sensitivity, mosquitos, Insect Repellant on Aug 28, 2009

Maff

Following on from my previous blog about a NY Times article that didn't live up to its promise of offering a safe way to combat mosquitos I wanted to provide some genuine advice on non-toxic insect repellants and techniques for avoiding the troublesome pests.

After a quick internet search I came across a fantastic article on About.com written by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., the site's chemistry

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An environmentally friendly insect repellant? - Not for those with environmental illness!

Posted by: Maff in pesticides, insecticides, Insect Repellant, environmental illness on Aug 28, 2009

Maff

As I was browsing my Google Alerts emails covering multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) yesterday I came across what looked like a very interesting article in the New York Times which looked like it would be useful for those suffering from MCS and environmental illness (EI).

The article is titled 'An Environmentally Friendly Mosquito Repellent?' so I thought, great, this sounds like great news and

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