[pct-l] Mosquitos & Sawyer brand Permethrin ??? //// Re: Pct-L Digest, Vol 98, Issue 28

[Jody]

Down the toilet? :(((((

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> On Feb 29, 2016, at 7:47 PM, Luce Cruz <lucecruz13 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I can't speak to the Sawyer spray-on product. I bought Permethrin from a
> local feed store, diluted it with water, and soaked my clothes in it. After
> a good soaking, I wrung them out wearing almost elbow length chemical
> resistant gloves, and hung them to dry.
> 
> Result: no mosquito bites anywhere near the clothing covered areas. The
> exposed areas wore Picaridin repellent. This was in mid-September in an
> area that didn't have terrible numbers of mosquitoes, but they were
> definitely there and needed blood to make millions of little mosquito
> babies. I was more than happy to make them go feed on others. I also
> treated my tent and sprayed some of the solution on my sleeping bag, but
> that probably didn't do a thing or was completely unnecessary.
> 
> Buying the stuff as an animal insect repellent was much cheaper than buying
> Permethrin already mixed and ready-to-use as a clothing and camping gear
> treatment.
> 
> I was careful to make sure the liquid solution was secure while I used it
> and poured the left-overs down the toilet.
> 
> I was a damned happy camper! It worked great.
> 
> Now if I can only get this mangled third arm to stop growing out of my
> backside, which I am sure had nothing to do with the chemicals. Nothing at
> all.
> 
> -- 
> Luce Cruz
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