Sat, 17 Jul 2004

Cinnamon oil kills mosquitoes more effectively than DEET

Yeah, but will the EPA approve it? After all, there's no oil or chemical company necessarily involved in it's production.

I hope the sarcasm didn't drip on anybody's keyboard, but I've been dealing with silly regulations on herbicides lately, and figure the same probably applies to pesticides.

Cinnamon oil shows promise as a great-smelling, environmentally friendly pesticide, with the ability to kill mosquito larvae more effectively than DEET, according to a new study. The researchers also expect that cinnamon oil could be a good mosquito repellant, though they have not yet tested it against adult mosquitoes.

(link) [Science Blog - Science News Stories]

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