(ATMoB:Discuss) Citronella and DEET

• To: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer ^a^ world.std dot com>, "Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston" <atmob-discuss ^a^ jovian dot com>, "Lew Gramer" <dedalus ^a^ latrade dot com>
• Subject: (ATMoB:Discuss) Citronella and DEET
• From: "George Roberts" <gr ^a^ pobox dot com>
• Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:49:23 -0400
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From: A. Joseph Ross <lawyer ^a^ world.std dot com>
> Aren't there some sort of candles that are supposed to repel mosquitos?  
> Do they work?  Would they through little enough light to be tolerable at 

Citronella.  You can also burn DEET candles.  Citronella candles do work, but
not very well.  With the normal candles you get at the store, if you stand close to the candle
you get a 50% reduction in bites.  Hardly enough to notice a difference.

DEET has been studied very thoroughly (although it is tough to look at long term affects)
and is pretty safe.  People have eaten the stuff, gotten it sprayed in their eyes and all kinds of
things and problems are extremely rare and are usually with very heavy innapropriate usage.

They've fed the stuff to rats and mice and concluded it is pretty safe stuff.

- George Roberts
http://www.pobox dot com/~gr
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