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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Everything Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days ago

Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds

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Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Everything Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days ago
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Researchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it worked as well as the artificial chemical used globally
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    With one drawback.

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      Not a drawback but a happy accident.

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        It’s likely not exactly an accident, but rather the reason cats like it.

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    https://i.ibb.co/hhhzw19/bills-ugh.gif

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    In a study presented at the Society for Experimental Biology conference in Florence on Tuesday, a team working between Uganda and Wales found mosquitoes seeking a blood meal were less likely to land on people wearing lotions made from catnip.

    Dr Simon Scofield, a senior lecturer at Cardiff University, said: “We found that a 6% catnip oil was just as effective as Deet, and the 2% catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that.

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    Do you get to keep all the cats that follow you home?

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