Fw: bugs

["maggie" <maggisar@bright.net>]

My mom sent me this. Didn't I read somewhere that Deet is bad?
Maggie Fleming

----- Original Message -----
From: <vpritchard@jcaho.org>
To: <maggisar@bright.net>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 11:42 PM
Subject: bugs


>
>
> You may want to share this with horse people:
>
> per June 2000 issue of Consumer Reports:
>
> The best bug repellents for mosquitoes is Amway's Hourguard 12, a cream
that's
> 33 % deet (the active ingredient in repellents)  and Off, Deep Woods for
> Sportsmen, a spray that's 100% deet.  These work for 11 or 12 hours.
Also,
> Hourguard 12 banished ticks for 9 hours.  Off was only good against ticks
for 4
> hours.   Hourguard is safer (less deet), but hard to find.  It can be
ordered
> from Travel Medicine (800-872-8633  or www.travmed.com).  Travel Med calls
it
> Ultrathon.  Another mail order company called SCS Limited also sells it
> (800-749-8425 or www.scs-mall.com).
> It's also a good idea to check your insurance plan to see if they'll pay
for
> LYMErix, the Lymes disease vaccine ($300).  Read about the vaccine at
> www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4807a1.htm (the Centers for
Disease
> Control).
> .
>
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