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...BUG SPRAY When it comes to fighting off mosquitoes, it doesn't pay to be meek. DEET, the pesticide found in commercial bug sprays, is far more effective at preventing mosquito bites--for up to five hours--than are milder alternatives, including citronella and Skin-So-Soft, which fend off the critters for only 20 minutes. While early animal studies hinted at possible brain damage from overexposure, an independent study reports that DEET products, used sparingly for brief periods, are relatively safe. --By Alice Park...
DEET Most experts agree that for adequate protection, adults need no more than 10% to 30% DEET, found in most OFF!, Cutter and Repel products. As a rule, the more DEET a repellent has, the longer it lasts, but one with 30% DEET can last up to six hours. Bug sprays such as Ben's 100 or Repel 100, with up to 100% DEET, are generally advisable only in such heavily infested areas as Alaska or the Florida Everglades...
Products such as Repel Sun & Bug Stuff sound like a great idea, but sunscreen is supposed to be slathered on often and DEET used sparingly. Use extra sunblock, too, since DEET may reduce the potency of sunscreen as much...
What is unclear is whether the increase in reported cases is the result of better diagnoses or of some as yet undiscovered change in the bug or the environment it grows in. "That's what keeps me awake at night," says Dr. Gwen Huitt, a pulmonologist at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver. "These mycobacteria are everywhere." They thrive in what scientists call biofilms--pond scum and the slime inside faucets and showerheads...
...could actually behold such an event." The books were enough to persuade Sandra Keathley, a Boeing employee in Wichita, Kans., not to buy Microsoft's Windows XP, because she has heard rumors that it carries a method of tracking e-mail. (In fact, the software had an instant-messaging bug that was later fixed.) If the Antichrist were to come, she fears, "and you want to contact another Christian, they could see that, trace...