{"id":621866,"date":"2024-05-25T22:51:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T19:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-to-look-for-in-mosquito-repellents\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T22:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T19:51:04","slug":"what-to-look-for-in-mosquito-repellents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-to-look-for-in-mosquito-repellents\/","title":{"rendered":"#What to look for in mosquito repellents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cd91a09d02\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cd91a09d02\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-to-look-for-in-mosquito-repellents\/#WHAT_MOSQUITO_REPELLENTS_WORK_BEST\" >WHAT MOSQUITO REPELLENTS WORK BEST?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-to-look-for-in-mosquito-repellents\/#HOW_INSECTICIDES_ARE_TESTED\" >HOW INSECTICIDES ARE TESTED<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-to-look-for-in-mosquito-repellents\/#ARE_MOSQUITOES_BECOMING_RESISTANT_TO_SOME_CHEMICALS\" >ARE MOSQUITOES BECOMING RESISTANT TO SOME CHEMICALS?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo.jpg\" alt=\"What to look for in mosquito repellents\" title=\"Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood.<\/p>\n<p>Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And that means bug bites.<\/p>\n<p>When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the skin using a mouthpart called a proboscis to suck up blood. As it feeds, it injects saliva into your skin that can cause a reaction\u2014a bump and itching. But the pests can also spread parasites like malaria and viruses like dengue, West Nile and Zika.<\/p>\n<p>So you might want to pause summer vacation planning and consider what to look for in repellents, which keep bugs away from you, and insecticides, which kill them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WHAT_MOSQUITO_REPELLENTS_WORK_BEST\"><\/span>WHAT MOSQUITO REPELLENTS WORK BEST?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mosquitoes\/prevention\/index.html\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says<\/a> that for protection that lasts hours, people should look for ones with these active ingredients: DEET, IR3535, picaridin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus. Those ingredients <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/insect-repellents\/find-repellent-right-you\">are registered<\/a> with the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p>A note about oil of lemon eucalyptus: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/yellowbook\/2024\/environmental-hazards-risks\/mosquitoes-ticks-and-other-arthropods#repel\">Lemon eucalyptus essential oil<\/a> has a similar name, but the agency does not recommend it because it hasn&#8217;t been tested for safety and is not registered with EPA as an insect repellent.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                        <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                            Likewise, the CDC doesn&#8217;t endorse other &#8220;natural&#8221; products that haven&#8217;t been evaluated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Nicole Foley checks a bottle to see the condition of mosquitoes exposed to a particular insecticide as part of a test during a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo-1.jpg\" alt=\"What to look for in mosquito repellents\" title=\"Nicole Foley checks a bottle to see the condition of mosquitoes exposed to a particular insecticide as part of a test during a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Nicole Foley checks a bottle to see the condition of mosquitoes exposed to a particular insecticide as part of a test during a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory, Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>WHAT OTHER STEPS CAN YOU TAKE TO AVOID MOSQUITO BITES?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Repellents are one line of defense against bugs, but there are others: Wear long sleeves and long pants. Avoid going out at dusk and dawn, when some types of mosquito tend to be most active.<\/p>\n<p>Silvie Huijben, an evolutionary biologist at Arizona State University, helped develop an online <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/askabiologist.asu.edu\/mosquito-game\/\">game<\/a> to help children understand how to protect against mosquitoes, which emphasizes another prevention strategy:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mosquitoes need water to breed in,&#8221; so it&#8217;s important to make sure to get rid of standing water\u2014including buckets of water or kiddie pools left undisturbed in the yard for a week or more, she said. &#8220;Make sure you&#8217;re not the one contributing the local mosquito problem, that you&#8217;re not breeding mosquitoes on your property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mosquitoes\/prevention\/about-permethrin-treated-clothing-and-gear.html\">treat clothes and outdoor gear<\/a> with a pesticide called permethrin to ward off mosquitoes and other unwelcome pests.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"HOW_INSECTICIDES_ARE_TESTED\"><\/span>HOW INSECTICIDES ARE TESTED<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operates a mosquito lab in Fort Collins, Colorado, where it evaluates insecticides, but not repellents.<\/p>\n<p>To test these kinds of products, the researchers coat the inside of a bottle with a given dose of an insecticide ingredient, then put mosquitoes in the bottle\u2014usually about 25. They see what percentage of the bugs die within two hours and compare that with a nearby uncoated bottle containing the same number of mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>The test is widely used in the U.S. and also is increasingly used around the world. It is considered simpler and less expensive than some more complicated alternatives, including a test in which insecticide drops are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied directly to mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A mosquito sits in the bottom of a bottle containing a particular insecticide as part of a test during a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/what-to-look-for-in-mo-2.jpg\" alt=\"What to look for in mosquito repellents\" title=\"A mosquito sits in the bottom of a bottle containing a particular insecticide as part of a test during a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                A mosquito sits in the bottom of a bottle containing a particular insecticide as part of a test during a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. Credit: AP Photo\/David Zalubowski<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scientists typically repeat the experiments each season to document changes in how the mosquitoes respond to insecticides, CDC officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Huijben said repeating the test is important because it has limitations: Results can be thrown off by factors such as whether each bottle was coated with exactly the same amount of chemical.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re seeing a lot of noise in the data&#8221; which may lead to false initial conclusions, said Huijben, who has compared resistance testing approaches.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ARE_MOSQUITOES_BECOMING_RESISTANT_TO_SOME_CHEMICALS\"><\/span>ARE MOSQUITOES BECOMING RESISTANT TO SOME CHEMICALS?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Just like bacteria can gradually develop the ability to shrug off antibiotics, bugs can develop resistance to some of the chemicals developed to kill and repel them.<\/p>\n<p>Permethrin belongs to a class of insecticides called pyrethroids, which have shown this kind of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Pyrethroids grew popular in the 1990s as replacements to older pesticides and are commonly used to control adult bugs. Community mosquito-control programs and farmers use the chemicals, but homeowners can also find them on hardware store shelves.<\/p>\n<p>In lab experiments, resistance varies by product and dose, but in some tests &#8220;none of them (mosquitoes) will die,&#8221; said Roxanne Connelly, a CDC insect scientist.<\/p>\n<p>CDC officials are working with state and local officials to do more real-world field testing, including experiments in which mosquitoes placed in cages outdoors are checked after an insecticide fogging truck passes by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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