Ticks at Binbrook Hamilton

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(05-25-2015 07:30 AM)Eli Wrote:  Deet is carcinogenic. Use citronella instead.
The tick population is exploding right across the continent. Another fun way to celebrate climate change.

Deet is approved by Health Canada and widely accepted as a good repellent against mosquitos and ticks.

Carcinogenicity:
Animals

Researchers fed DEET to male and female rats in the diet for two years at doses of 10, 30, or 100 mg/kg/day, and 30, 100, or 400 mg/kg/day, respectively. Researchers fed mice 250, 500, or 1,000 mg/kg/day for 18 months, and dogs 30, 100, or 400 mg/kg/day. No specific target organ toxicity or oncogenicity was observed in any of the animals.14

Researchers often use studies designed to test for mutagenicity to screen chemicals for carcinogenicity. Sufficient evidence indicates that DEET does not have significant potential for mutagenicity.15
Humans

The U.S. EPA classified DEET as "Group D - not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity" based on inadequate evidence of carcinogenicity, or lack of data in laboratory animals and humans.1 See the text box on Cancer.