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formation, write Backcountry Office,
Grand Canyon National Park, Box
129, Grand Canyon, Ariz. 86023. For
questions not answered in informa-
tion received from the backcountry
office, contact Jim Tuck, Boy Scout
Liaison, at the same address.
Slugging the ugly bugs
The July, 1993, issue of Consumer
Reports offered valuable advice for
Scout leaders and parents regarding
repelling insects in the outdoors. The
magazine allowed us to share some of
its key points:
Deer ticks and the Lyme disease
they may carry and transmit to hu-
mans still give cause for concern.
However, even in infested woodland
areas, "...only five percent of biting
ticks actually transmit the disease..."
A 1992 study found that Lyme dis-
ease "has become an overdiagnosed
and overtreated illness."
Nevertheless, we should avoid be-
coming infected. Insect repellents
offer the best protection against deer
ticks. One of the safest and most ef-
fective of these products contains 0.5
percent permethrin. It is to be ap-
plied to clothes, shoes, tents, insect
netting, and sleeping bags. Spray
only enough to moisten the material
and let dry for at least two hours.
Besides using permethrin, it's also
wise to:
• tuck pants cuffs into boots or socks
• stay to the center of hiking paths,
avoiding tall grass
• inspect yourself after leaving an in-
fested area.
Remember that deer ticks are hard
to see—nymphs are dot-sized. If you
find a tick burrowed into skin, remove
it with tweezers, grasping it close to
your skin and applying steady up-
ward pressure. Avoid squeezing its
body, to prevent it from injecting
body fluids into the human's system.
Disinfect the area with alcohol or po-
vidine iodine. Save the tick in alcohol
for indentification if the victim gets
sick later.
Many outdoors people have doused
themselves with the repellent known
as "DEET." DEET is readily ab-
sorbed into the bloodstream and can
have dangerous consequences, espe-
cially in children (Some youngsters
splashed with DEET have suffered
convulsions and death). Some oldsters
think that repellents with high con-
centrations of DEET are more effec-
tive than repellents with less.
Consumer Reports found that low-
DEET repellents (20 percent or less
for children, to 40 percent or less for
adults—check the label) are safest.
The magazine also suggests:
• Don't apply repellent near eyes, or
on lips or broken skin. Avoid breath-
ing repellent spray.
• When it is no longer needed, wash
off the repellent with soap and water.
• On children, use a product contain-
ing less than 20 percent DEET, and
keep it out of their reach. Don't apply
repellent to a child's hands, which
may end up in his mouth.
• Consider treating clothes instead of
skin. But remember that DEET may
damage spandex, rayon, acetate, plas-
tic, and vinyl.
Incidentally, in one test DEET
proved 75 to 87 percent effective in
repelling ticks for three and a half
hours. Permethrin, by comparison,
killed virtually 100 percent of all ticks
in the test, and did a similar job on
mosquitoes and flies.
( Bug Off!", Copyright 1993 by
Consumers Union of U.S., Inc.,
Yonkers N.Y. 10703-1057. Reprinted
by permission from Consumer Re-
ports, July, 1993.) ■
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