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leech repellents-Picaridin

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Subject: leech repellents-Picaridin
From: "Terry Bishop" <>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:19:00 +1000
What's wrong with a good pair of chest high waders. Better than walking into
water with chemicals on. Found at any fishing or good sports store from $100
to $400 depending on durability and warmth required. I also study frogs and
find them very useful.

Terry B
Orange, NSW


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 5:07 PM
To: 
Cc: 
Subject: leech repellents-Picaridin

Hi Paul,

Picaridin is available as Autan Repel and is marketed by SC Johnson  
(part of Bayer) who also make Mr Muscle. Windex and Drano etc. I am  
emailing them to find out where to buy it. Autan certainly sounds  
like a good alternative to DEET based repellants. I have found an  
interesting paper on repellents by the ADF which has results of tials  
of both DEET and Picaridin based repellents. It can be found at  
http://www.defence.gov.au/DPE/DHS/infocentre/publications/journals/ 
NoIDs/adfhealth_sept02/ADFHealth_3_2_58-63.html

The SC Johnson page on Autan is at
http://www.scjohnson.com.au/prd_02_Autan.html

Cheers,

Carl Clifford


On 26/03/2007, at 3:03 PM,  wrote:

On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 02:27:39PM +1000, Carl Clifford wrote:
> Yes, plastics do not like DEET, which is the main active ingredient
> in the better repellents.

There is a DEET alternative called Picaridin that is supposed to be
as effective, but doesn't attack plastics and is almost odourless.
However, I wasn't able to find any products containing it last year;
it may be more widely available now.

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