As a parent and pet owner, I’m extra-cautious about the pest repellents that I use in my home and prefer to use products that ...

Sunscreen and insect repellent need to be applied in different quantities and frequencies, and combining them could reduce their effectiveness or change the way they are absorbed by your skin, says ...

Thankfully, the U.S. military developed a nifty little chemical solution to handle these annoyances: insect repellent. DEET and permethrin work to camouflage your body and kill bugs on contact ...

Over the years, one thing has become clear from Consumer Reports’ testing of insect repellents: When in doubt, go with deet. Repellents that use deet as an active ingredient make up the majority ...

New York, June 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Insect Repellent Active Ingredients Market by Type, Concentration, Insect Type, End Application ...

If you’ve ever camped near a body of water, you know there is a major difference between packing any old bug spray and a high-quality mosquito repellent. Swarming mosquitoes can be as incredibly ...

Applying sunscreen and insect repellent together could lower protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation, scientists warned in a new study. Researchers from CNRS in France assessed ...

This elusiveness means we have to rely on insect repellents for the best chance of evading bites. Not all mosquito-deterring products are created equal, though, says Dina Fonseca, a molecular ...