5 On Your Side: Best bug repellents from Consumer Reports
THAT'S IN THE EDUCATION SECTION
OF WRAL DOT COM.
>> IT IS BEEN SEASON AND LET'S
FACE IT. NOBODY WANTS TO BE
A SNACK FOR MOSQUITOES. THAT'S
WHY 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S KEELY.
ARTHUR IS HERE TO SHARE THE
TOP RATED INSECT REPELLENTS.
CONSUMER REPORTS JUST RELEASED
ITS LATEST INSECT REPELLENT
RATING. SO BEFORE YOU HEAD
OUTSIDE, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW TO KEEP THE BITES AT
BAY.
TO FIND THE VERY BEST INSECT
REPELLENT. CONSUMER REPORTS
TESTED 50 PRODUCTS, BUT ONLY
RECOMMENDS 20 OF THOSE.
>> AMONG THE STANDOUTS ARE
BEN'S TICK AND INSECT REPELLENT
WIPES AND WILDERNESS FORMULA
PUMP. BOTH EARNED TOP MARKS IN
OFFERING EXCELLENT PROTECTION
AGAINST MOSQUITOES AND TICKS
CURRENTLY TEST MOST RECOUNTS
AGAINST ONLY MOSQUITOES.
>> IN PAST YEARS, WE FOUND THAT
REPELLENTS THAT WORKED WELL
AGAINST MOSQUITOES ALSO TENDED
TO WORK WELL AGAINST TICKS AND
IN A SMALL RECENT TESTS WERE
PERFORMED REPELLENTS WITH DEET
PERFORMED WELL AGAINST TICKS,
NOT A FAN OF THE CHEMICAL DEET.
DON'T WORRY. REPEL LEMON
EUCALYPTUS WAS THE
BEST-PERFORMING DEET, FREE
OPTION USES SOMETHING AL E OR
OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS.
THE PRODUCTS THAT CONTAINED
AL E.
>> OR 20%. THE CARD AND WORKED
EFFECTIVELY, THOUGH, NOT ALL
WORK AS WELL AS THE BEST DEEP
PRODUCTS. BUT CONSUMER REPORTS
DOES RECOMMEND STAYING AWAY
FROM, QUOTE, NATURAL REPELLENTS
AS THEY EARNED DISMAL SCORES IN
THEIR TESTS AND HOW YOU APPLY.
INSECT REPELLENT REALLY MAKES
A BIG DIFFERENCE AND HOW
EFFECTIVE IT CAN BE. SO
REMEMBER TO APPLY AFTER
SUNSCREEN ON BARE SKIN OR OVER
YOUR CLOTHES. NEVER UNDERNEATH
YOUR CLOTHING, KEELY, ARTHUR,