Confirmation by CDC: Lemon Eucalyptus Oil Equal to DEET

By the word DEET, one might very well come to a conclusive subjectivity of total abstention to the potent chemical to merely repel mosquitoes. Nevertheless, in regions such as South Carolina, one might so very well be inclined to adopt a mosquito there as a good pet; it’s size seemingly comparable to your cat or dog. And it is this fear of the toxicity of DEET where people have in fact taken it upon themselves to deliberately take the biting and swarming of mosquitoes and other pests upon their body over the arguably more harmful characteristic that would notably repel the flying insects of perpetual torment.

Much to the fortune of all, and like with any good corporation and their devotion to the research of progressively making that life-line a little longer, the CDC has concluded that lemon eucalyptus oil could very well be the alternative our precious human bodies have been looking for. All the same, even for those who omit DEET from their life and accept the parasitism all about them, the risk is alternately upon the mosquitoes themselves. Any time of communicable infection is transferred by the biting of a mosquito. One can easily think of how scrupulous doctors take to the care of sanitization and the immediate disposal of used needles. The sheer thought of how many other people your blood-sucking invader has encountered is dire enough a thought to ponder for longer than that moment it took to read.

The CDC confirmed the use of lemon eucalyptus oil and it is as effective as DEET for the repelling of the flying nuisances all about our wet-lands. The story was thus reported upon Mattermore. The active ingredient is p-menthane 3 and 8-diol (PMD). This is a plant-based repellent which is registered additionally with the EPA. Scientific publications showed that the oil of the lemon eucalyptus was tested to mosquitoes. The study found that in the US, it provided adequate protection quite in tandem to conventional bug-repellents with low concentrations of DEET.

Mattermore went on to state that, only until recently, it was in fact DEET which was sadly the only effective repellent in which held the recommendation of CDC themselves. DEET was also approved by the EPA for individual use.

The leaves of the eucalyptus are called citriodora, in which the lemon oil is extracted.

One may have already read of the common concerns with DEET. Most notably is the issue with our bodies’ central nervous system. Dr. Mohammed Abou-Donia of Duke University and in his study of lab animals concluded that neuro-behavioral performances in duties given which require muscle co-ordination as the animals were exposed to no less than a human of DEET performed far worse than the animals who were free from exposure of the chemical. Further reports of no less cause for serious concern were children infected with DEET toxicity. The children possessed symptoms of lethargy, headaches, tremors, involuntary movements of arms and legs, convulsions and seizures. According to CDC, however, the amount by which these children were so infected stands unreported.

 It is a great fortuitousness that a basic understanding of botany and horticulture allows for much simpler and seemingly equally effective methods of medicine and various tinctures. It would be no small thing or that of even a great surprise to begin seeing a surge of lemon oil from eucalyptus at your local Rite-Aid or CVS Pharmacy begin to surplus.