[at-l] CAUTION URGED USING INSECT REPELLENTS CONTAINING DEET

[janl2@mindspring.com (Jan Leitschuh)]

>  Yet subtle symptoms - such as muscle weakness, fatigue or
> memory lapses --might be attributed erroneously to other causes,
> he said.

Memory lapses? So THAT'S what it was, DEET, not...other things.
Maybe it's time to check out catnip oil? Ten times more effective than DEET,
say studies. What can it hurt to see?

Walter Daniels wrote:
> 
> CAUTION URGED USING INSECT REPELLENTS CONTAINING DEET
> 
> Date: 020501
> From: http://www.ascribe.org/
> 
> AScribe Newswire, May 1, 2002
> 
> DUKE UNIVERSITY PHARMACOLOGIST SAYS ANIMAL STUDIES ON EFFECTS ON BRAIN
> OF INSECTICIDE DEET WARRANT FURTHER TESTING AND CAUTION IN HUMAN USE
> 
>  Durham, NC - A Duke University Medical Center pharmacologist is
> recommending caution when using the insecticide DEET, after his animal
> studies last year found the chemical causes diffuse brain cell death
> and behavioral changes in rats after frequent and prolonged use.