[pct-l] DEET & clothing?

[rellinwood at worldnet.att.net (Robert Ellinwood)]

> "There has been much written (most of it a long time ago) about dangers of
using it on your body, but I don't remember what they were or if they were
speculative or tested or whether it varies with the person,"

I'm old enough to remember those warnings when DEET first came out.
Primarily, they mentioned children who had it slathered on for an extended
period.  Convulsions and even at least one death. I've used it for years as
it is the most effective thing out there.  My most negative reaction that
I'm aware of (maybe 1/3 of my former brain is gone) was that in N CA and OR
one year I had to use it daily and I noticed after 2 weeks that my fingers
started  tingling for awhile.  I stopped using it immediately, covered up,
and swatted a lot.  The tingling stopped soon thereafter.  FWIW...

Dr. Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-
> bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Phil Baily
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:05 PM
> To: Brian Weber; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] DEET & clothing?
> 
> I've used 100% DEET on my hikes for a number of years. I put it on my body
> and have had no ill effects. A good friend always puts it on his clothes,
> never on his body, with no ill effects. Both of us remain unbitten by
bugs.
> There has been much written (most of it a long time ago) about dangers of
> using it on your body, but I don't remember what they were or if they were
> speculative or tested or whether it varies with the person, but I've told
> you my experience. As far as clothing goes, I think it depends upon the
> material. My experience had been the following: the writing on the outside
> of the container it comes in, is gone quickly after a few spills. My Swiss
> Army knife outer casing has been eaten away by this stuff. I now carry my
> bottle , with the writing gone, in a plastic zip-lock type bag. That seems
> to remain undamaged.
> 
>                                                             Phil
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Weber" <pies_con_queso@yahoo.com>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:21 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] DEET & clothing?
> 
> 
> > That's not what I've heard. I learned it's better to put DEET on your
> clothing because then it doesn't sweat off. If you're only using a small
> amount, it shouldn't make a bit of difference.
> >
> > I've grown up covered in DEET and my clothes fell apart for a myriad of
> other reasons.
> >
> >
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