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Where should you use permethrin to keep ticks away?

On clothing and gear, not on skin.

  1. On your bare skin
  2. On clothing and gear ✔
  3. In your drinking water

Why: The CDC says to treat clothing and gear like boots and tents with products containing 0.5% permethrin. For skin, use an EPA-registered repellent like DEET or picaridin.

Huh, didn't know that: Permethrin-treated clothing can stay protective through several washings.

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What do you call a tick on a shirt? A fashion bug.
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Sources

  1. Preventing Tick Bites (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/prevention/index.html

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