Live Love Fruit 6 Ways To Naturally Relieve Mosquito Bites! Like | Share | Tag | Comment | Like Live Love Fruit! For a List of 5 Natural Insect Repellents, Click THIS Link: bit.ly/YPbNUe DEET is the active ingredient in most conventional bug sprays and lotions. Few people know that DEET is a registered pesticide and a member of the toluene chemical family. What is toluene? Toluene is an organic solvent that is one of the main ingredients in paint removers, as well as rubber and plastic cements. DEET actually has the ability to melt plastic and synthetic fibers. Your skin is the largest organ of your body, and anything put on your skin gets directly absorbed into your bloodstream. This means that when you spray DEET containing repellents on your skin, it gets absorbed through the skin and passes into the blood. Research has shown that up to 17% of the chemical DEET is absorbed into the bloodstream once applied to the skin. Not only does it cause skin irritation, but it has major effects on the central nervous system by causing motor deficits and learning and memory dysfunction.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 01:46:31 +0000
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