One Step Ahead now offers insect repellent apparel, including long-sleeve hoodies, under the product name Bug Smarties. The garments use the insect repellent Permethrin to protect children against ...

So that you don’t have to worry about the dangers of applying potentially harmful bug spray on your skin, more and more companies are designing insect-repellent-infused clothing that effectively ...

Last summer, a colleague tried out a bug-repellent shirt on a five-day hike in the Cascade Mountain Range. While hiking , she didn’t notice bugs. But at the swampy lakes at the top, there were plenty.

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The deal is this: The Ex Officio folks figured out a way to embed bug repellent within the fabric used in its new line of Buzz Off clothing. The ingredient used is permethrin, a synthetic version of a ...

Your clothes may repel others. When it is people at a party or on a date, that can be bad. When it is ticks (at a party, on a date, or anywhere else), that can be very good. Because ticks suck in many ...

In fact, unlike sprays and other repellents, permethrin-coated clothing is odorless and doesn’t irritate most people’s skin. It also stays active all day, so you don’t need to worry about reapplying ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology and University of Sydney, have been engaged by a wide range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers to provide ...

Summer is all about enjoying the sun and entertaining outdoors, which also means pesky mosquitoes and other bugs will be on the attack. Kristin Appenbrink, Associate Editor for RealSimple.com tells us ...