Common Insect Repellent Affects Nervous System Same As Nerve Gas

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Yep. I always tell my patients to think about what it does to the bugs and

how it kills them. So if you breathe it in or ingest it it can do the same

things to you.... Nasty stuff.

 

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bestsurprise2002

8/6/2009 9:59:45 PM

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PARIS — One of the world's most common insect repellents acts on the

central nervous system in the same way as some insecticides and nerve gases,

 

according to a study released on Wednesday. Experiments on insects, as well

as

on enzymes extracted from mice and human neurons, showed for the first

time that deet can interfere with the proper functioning of the nervous

system. Their findings shed light on the so-called " Gulf War Syndrome, " the

name

given to a complex and variable mix of neurological symptoms reported by

tens of thousands of US military veterans who served in the first Gulf War

against Iraq in 1990-1991. Some 200 million people use deet-based products

every years, according to the study, published in the British-based

open-access journal BMC Biology. The researchers say further studies are

urgently

needed " to assess deet's potential toxicity to humans, especially when

combined with other chemical compounds.

Marlowe Hood (AFP)