With tick season ramping up again this spring, it’s time to marshall your tools for keeping biting, disease-causing bugs at bay. Using bug spray is one important strategy, as is keeping your yard ...

Apply permethrin outdoors and let everything completely dry before use. If you have cats, take extra precautions because permethrin is toxic to them in high concentrations, causing reactions ranging ...

If you want to protect yourself from mosquitoes and ticks—which seem to be everywhere this year—you might need to enlist a heavy-hitter. Insect experts reach for one thing: permethrin. Here’s what to ...

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I posted a story on Military.com this morning about the Army's plans to outfit the ranks with permethrin-treated Army Combat Uniforms. I'm still on the fence about this one. On one hand, I think it's ...

NATICK, Mass. (Oct. 14, 2014) -- When it comes to insect repellent, the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, or NSRDEC, makes sure Soldier uniforms are treated just right. The ...

A letter May 31 in The Sun criticized the use of the insecticide permethrin to control adult mosquitoes. Several statements in the letter concern me because they are misleading. I wish to address ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 22, 2021) A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology finds black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapulari) in New York are developing potential resistance to widely used ...