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2. Off! (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Off! (stylized as OFF!) is an insect repellent brand from American corporation S. C. Johnson & Son, produced in Finland. Its active ingredient is DEET (N, N -diethyl- m -toluamide) or metofluthrin which is the most common ingredient in insect repellants. [1]

3. Metofluthrin - Wikipedia

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   Metofluthrin is a pyrethroid used as an insect repellent. [ 1 ] The vapors of metofluthrin are highly effective and capable of repelling up to 97% of mosquitoes in field tests. [ 2 ] Metofluthrin is used in a variety of consumer products, called emanators, for indoor and outdoor use. [ 3 ][ 4 ] These products produce a vapor that protects an ...

4. Permethrin - Wikipedia

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   Permethrin is a medication and an insecticide. [4][5] As a medication, it is used to treat scabies and lice. [6] It is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. [4] As an insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them. [5][7] Side effects include rash and irritation at the area of use. [6] Use during pregnancy appears to be safe. [4] It ...

5. The Best Bug Sprays and Insect Repellents, According to ... - AOL

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   This insect repellent is specifically made for your clothes, fabric, tents, hiking gear and more. The spray uses Permethrin which bonds to fabric fibers for up to 6 weeks or through 6 washings.

6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   A mosquito coil An insect repellent (also commonly called " bug spray ") is a substance applied to the skin, clothing, or other surfaces to discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod -bourne) diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, dengue fever, bubonic ...

7. Raid (insecticide) - Wikipedia

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   Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son, first launched in 1956. The initial active ingredient was allethrin, the first synthetic pyrethroid. [1] Raid derivatives aimed at particular invertebrate species can contain other active agents such as the more toxic cyfluthrin which is also a pyrethroid. [2] As of 2019 Raid Ant & Roach Killer contains ...