>> LIVING IN FLORIDA MEANS LIVING WITH MOSQUITOES. WHILE THERE’S
NO WAY AROUND THAT YOU CAN TRY
TO KEEP THOSE PESKY
INSECTS AWAY NEWS 4 JAX
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR LAUREN
VERNO TEAMED UP WITH
CONSUMER REPORTS. AS THEY
LITERALLY SACRIFICE THEIR OWN
LIMBS TO TEST OUT THE BEST AND
MOST EFFECTIVE INSECT
REPELLENTS,
THE LORD EVEN START TO FIND THE
BEST PUNK SPRAY YOU KNOW THIS
IS WHAT I LOVE THESE STORIES SO
MUCH BECAUSE.
>>JOY PURDY: I THINK EVERYBODY
ASKS ALWAYS I START YOU KNOW,
YOU KNOW O PLUS A
SO THESE ARE CONSUMER REPORTS
TOP-RATED INSECT REPELLENT AND
THE GOOD NEWS. THE TOP-RATED
PRODUCTS THEY NOT
ONLY PROTECT ASKED AGAIN THESE
BUGS FOR HOURS WHILE OTHERS
FEARS ABOUT ABOUT 30 MINUTES,
THE TOOK THE
TOP RATINGS FROM CHECKING THE
INGREDIENTS TO APPLYING THEIR
POLLEN CORRECTLY EACH STEP IS
IMPORTANT AS THE OTHER TO KEEP
THESE BUGS AWAY.
>> JUST
HEARING THESE MOSQUITOES BUZZ
CAN BRING BACK THE MEMORY OF AN
ITCHY BITES. >> FOR ONE NO ONE NECESSARILY WANTS TO STICK THEIR HAND IN A
BOX FULL
OF MOSQUITOES. THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WILLING TO DO IT TO KEEP
YOU FROM WASTING MONEY ON
PRODUCTS THAT DON’T WORK.
IN THIS TEST FOR PELL WAS
APPLIED TO THE ARM OF THIS
WILLING VOLUNTEER 30 MINUTES
BEFORE SEEKING INTO ONE OF
THESE CAGES FILLED WITH 200
MOSQUITOES FOR 5 MINUTES, DON’T
WORRY THESE BUGS ARE DISEASE
FREE. THEN
RESEARCHERS WAIT FOR THEM TO
BITE SO WHICH ONES KEPT THE
BUGS AWAY WELL, THESE ARE SOME
OF THE TOP CONSUMER REPORTS
TESTED.
>>JOY PURDY: COMING IN AT
NUMBER ONE BEN’S WHITE
SPECIFICALLY THE WIPES AND I
CAN TELL YOU JUST FOR BEING OUT
HERE FOR A FEW MINUTES NEAR
THIS WOODED AREA. I’M IN NEED
ONE.
NEXT TOTAL HOME
WOODLAND SENSE, THEN 3 M ALSO
IT’S ON
INSECT REPELLENT AND OFF
SPORTSMAN DEEP WHITES AND IF
YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
MORE ON THE NATURAL SIDE
CONSUMER REPORTS RECOMMENDS
THIS REPEL WITH
LEMON EUCALYPTUS ACTUALLY RATED
IN THE TOP 10 OF THOSE
RECOMMENDED SPRAYS AND THE GOOD
NEWS HERE. THE SMELL TOO
BAD EITHER YOU MIGHT NOTHING TO READ THE LABEL WHEN BUYING A REPELLENT CONSUMER REPORTS SAYS
THAT’S
A MISTAKE BECAUSE THE ACTIVE
INGREDIENT CONCENTRATION
MATTERS TO BOTH AFFECTIVE MISS
AND SAFETY. THE TOP
PERFORMING PRODUCTS IN THE TEST
CONTAIN ONE OF THESE
3 INGREDIENTS, THE CARROT IN
OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS
AND EAT AND LISTEN I HAD IT
WHEN THOSE BUGS START BITING
YOU’LL PICK UP JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING TO KEEP THEM AWAY.
BUT CONSUMER REPORTS SAYS MORE
OF A CERTAIN INGREDIENT.
IT DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN
BETTER RESULT. OUR TESTING
PAINTS A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE.
>> NO MATTER THE BRAND OR WHAT
KIND OF REPELLING YOU’RE USING
PRODUCTS MADE WITH 15 TO 30%
DEET WORKS
THE BEST AND IF YOU’RE LOOKING
FOR A MORE NATURAL ROUTE
PRODUCTS WITH 30% OIL OF LEMON
EUCALYPTUS ARE GOOD
ALTERNATIVES AND WE ALSO HAVE A
FEW HIGH SCORERS THAT CONTAIN
20% PICARIDIN LIVING IN FLORIDA
AND GEORGIA YOU NOT ONLY NEED
YOUR BUG SPRAY YOU ALSO NEED
YOUR SUNSCREEN AND IT’S
RECOMMENDED YOU REAPPLY THIS
EVERY
2 HOURS.
>>MARY BAER: BUT DON’T DO THAT
WITH YOUR BUG SPRAY TO MANY
CHEMICALS AND DON’T WANT
OVEREXPOSURE WELL I’M ALL ABOUT
SAVING YOU TIME AND MONEY AS
FOR A COMBO DEAL
FORGET IT.
>> AND IN GENERAL FLORIDA’S
POISON CONTROL
CENTER SAYS ANY REPELLENT
CONTAINING DEET SHOULD NOT BE
USED ON CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 2
MONTHS OLD.
>>JOY PURDY: NOW YOU HAVE ALL YOUR OPTIONS JOYOUS SITTING HERE LIKE SCOPING THEM ALL OUT
I’M ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS IT’S
ALL
SO WE WANT TO GO OVER THE
GROUND RULES OF APPLYING IT SO
SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY ASKED ME
WAS ABOUT THE DEA IS
IT HARMFUL. WELL WHEN IT COMES
AS CHEMICALS, THEY DON’T WANT
YOU REAPPLYING IT OVER AND OVER
SOMETHING ELSE THEY DON’T WANT
YOU
TO DO JOY, I’M GONNA SPRAY ONE
OF THE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BUY
SPRAY ALL DAY. SO BASICALLY
WHAT THEY SAY YOU’RE GOING TO
SPREAD A THIN LAYER.
PUT ON YOUR CLOTHES FIRST
BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY DON’T
WANT YOU SPRING IT ON ANYTHING
THAT’S GOING TO BE COVERED
BECAUSE AGAIN THEY DON’T WANT
THOSE CHEMICALS. TO ABSORB INTO
YOUR BODY TOO MUCH AND YOUR
CLOTHING COVERS THAT AND REALLY
ALLOWED TO STAY IN THERE SO.
>>JOY PURDY: CLOSE APPLY AND
THEN ALSO YOU’RE JUST GOING TO
WANT TO KNOW
NOT REAPPLY A WHOLE BUNCH
BECAUSE THESE ARE REALLY
COULDN’T KEEP THE BUGS AWAY FOR
A REALLY LONG TIME. AND YOU CAN
SPRAY ON YOUR CLOTHES. A SPOT
CHECK FIRST KISS,
I’M NOT GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR BREAKING ANY OF YOUR CLOSE
SO YOU CAN SAY LAUREN DID THIS
O AND THE NUMBER ONE THE BENDS
I WAS JOY REALLY
LOVE THESE REALLY WENT ON
NICELY REALLY ENJOY IT. IT’S A
WHITE. IT’S A WHITE AND IT’S SO
EASY AND IT COMES IN A
BIG PACK AND THEN LET ME
ACTUALLY I’LL TAKE IT OUT IT
LOOKS JUST LIKE THOSE ALCOHOL
WIPES WE’VE BEEN SO USE
DIZZYING AND IT JUST.
IT’S A WHITE MAN YOU JUST SORT
OF WAY.
OF WAY. >> WELL LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT BESIDES THIS BESIDES THE LEMON
EUCALYPTUS WHICH WORKED WELL
GUESS WHAT ABOUT OTHER NATURAL
BUG SPRAYS WHAT DID THE
CONSUMER REPORTS TESTS SHOW
ABOUT THEY TESTED THOSE AND A
LOT OF THIS THOSE ESSENTIAL
OILS AND IRONICALLY ENOUGH WHEN
I WAS DOING THIS STORY I SAW A
MOM WITH A BABY AND SHE WAS SO
SCARED OF ALL THESE CHEMICALS
AND
SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE’S ON
THE PHONE AND SHE WAS SAYING OH
I HEARD ESSENTIAL OILS AND I
WAS LIKE NO, NO DON’T MEAN TO
EAVESDROP THEY DON’T WORK.
THEY DIDN’T WORK SO ANYTHING
THAT’S LIKE CEDAR CLUB.
IGNORE IT DON’T DO IT THE REPEL
LEMON EUCALYPTUS SOW DISCORD