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DEET
General Information
- Fact Sheet: deet.pdf
- Product Names:
Ben's 100 Tick & Insect Repellent (Tender)
Cutter Insect Repellent (Spectrum Brands)
OFF Skintastic Insect Repellent Spray with Aloe Vera (SC Johnson)
Deep Woods OFF(SC Johnson)
Repel Insect Repellent Family Formula (Spectrum Brands)
PreStrike Mosquito Repellent (Zodiac Pet Care Products)
- Chemical Class: Aromatic amide insecticide
- Uses: Households/Domestic Dwellings, Human body/clothing while being worn (insect repellent), Cats
(adults/kittens), Dogs/canines (adults/puppies), Horses, Pet living/sleeping quarters; targets Biting flies, biting midges, black flies, chiggers (redbugs), deer flies, fleas, gnats, horse flies, mosquitoes, no-see-ums, sand flies, small flying insects, stable flies and ticks - Alternatives: Least-Toxic Insect Repellent
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Not documented
- Endocrine Disruption: Not documented
- Reproductive Effects: Not documented
- Neurotoxicity: Yes ()
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes ()
- Birth/Developmental: Yes ()
- Detected in Groundwater: Yes ()
- Potential Leacher: Yes ()
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Not documented
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
- Studies:
- DEET and Permithrin Syntax Study Experimental Neurology (2001)
- Prenatal exposure to pesticides and risk for holoprosencephaly: a case-control study. Addissie, Y.A., Kruszka, P., Troia, A., Wong, Z.C., Everson, J.L., Kozel, B.A., Lipinski, R.J., Malecki, K.M. and Muenke, M., 2020. Environmental Health, 19(1), pp.1-13.
- Genotoxicity studies on permethrin, DEET and diazinon in primary human nasal mucosal cells. Tisch, M., et al. 2002. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 259:150-153.
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