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Chemical Free Repellent

Last night on CTV News, an item on DEET and other mosquito repellents included a recommendation by the reporter of a mixture of cis- and trans- p- menthane-3,8-diols for those didn’t like to put “chemicals” on their skin.

About the Author: Kate is a freelance commercial and automotive airbrush artist living in Saskatchewan, Canada. She was one of the original guest bloggers at OTB in November 2004 and soon joined the permanent stable, contributing through January 2007. Eventually, she turned to writing full time at her own blog, small dead animals, which was voted the Best Canadian Blog in the 2004 Weblog Awards and has been generally considered that country's best blog ever since.
 
 
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Augh! That always punches one of my buttons. "Chemical free"? So, you gonna spray a vacuum on your skin and repel insects?

Its the same thing with "organic foods, grown without chemicals"...I dunno about you, but I like my foods be grown in an environment where there are chemicals.

Posted by Jason | May 4, 2005 | 02:14 pm | Permalink
 

On the other hand, I don't like natural things on my skin, like mosquitoes.

Posted by S.K. | May 4, 2005 | 05:46 pm | Permalink
 

...but it naaaacheral!!

Feh.

Posted by leelu | May 4, 2005 | 07:12 pm | Permalink
 

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