{"id":17808,"date":"2014-07-30T12:52:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T18:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=17808"},"modified":"2014-07-30T12:52:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T18:52:40","slug":"avoid-mosquito-bites-10-natural-insect-repellants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/avoid-mosquito-bites-10-natural-insect-repellants\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Mosquito Bites with these 10 All-Natural Insect Repellants"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Whether you are sitting around a campfire or at an outdoor concert this summer, mosquitoes are the party crashers everyone wants to see gone. I\u2019m not advocating harming or killing them, as I know these pesky insects play a vital role in our ecosystem. I would just rather not be insect bait. Depending how your skin reacts when bitten, you may have red, itchy bumps and\/or swelling at the site. Or worse, you can become infected with an illness like West Nile virus<\/a>, Malaria or parasites.<\/p>\n Before you reach for a big-name bug spray containing DEET (N<\/em>,N<\/em>-Diethyl-meta<\/em>-toluamide), you should know that the US Environmental Protection Agency<\/a> recommends such repellents be handled with care. There\u2019s evidence of it causing irritations to the skin and eyes, neurological problems in children and even death in a few rare cases. I don\u2019t know about you, but I don\u2019t want to put any product on me or my loved ones that requires a toxicity report. Instead consider giving these ten chemical-free, inexpensive mosquito repellents a try.<\/p>\n What are some other all-natural remedies you have for repelling mosquitoes? I\u2019d love to give them a try.<\/p>\n Image Credit: <\/strong>Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mosquito bites don’t have to be a part of Summer; neither do chemical repellants. Try out some of these natural methods for repelling insects.mo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":17809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[7082,7080,7085,7077,7075,6603,7084,4794,7088,404,649,7079,5841,7091,2838,7083,7073,7087,7089,698,7074,7081,7086,7090,7078,7076,7092],"yoast_head":"\n10 Ways to Keep the Pests (and the Mosquito Bites) Away this Summer<\/h3>\n
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