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@Team Deejay wrote:
As someone who deals with this chemical on a daily basis, I can tell you that exposure to this is very serious. Anyone handling this in our facility is required to wear impermeable gloves, a rubber apron, and a face shield. In the event of a spill or other major chance for exposure, people are required to wear full body protective clothing. Anyone getting exposed to this, despite the precautions, is immediately sent to the clinic for observation and testing.
As you might guess, I won’t use this or allow it to be used by any of my loved ones.
@huffinpuffin2 wrote:
@cheezehead wrote:
I think the Permanone works!
That’s contains the serious stuff, Permethrin, and should KILL ticks on contact, with a good dose. We’ve not made that move yet, as it’s a bit on the nasty side for our recreational use. Label warnings are sobering; can sicken pets, etc. ➡ We use DEET, which is ‘just’ a repellent………and duct tape when we’re ‘going in there.’
We were caching north and east of sloughfoot’s locations yesterday, and we only got one………50! YOW! 😯 😯 We’d still be feeling them! Any of them deer ticks?
.5% Permethrin….
What is considerd down right nasty?
When you are dealing with prolonged exposure to a neurotoxin, the concentration is irrelevant. There are studies linking low dose, high frequency exposure to Parkinson’s disease. Up to you whether you want to risk it.
If there would have been a trailcam watching it would have provided entertainment for the owner but would have probably still been rated “PG” because of the underwear.
Luckily these were NOT deer ticks. They must be immature wood ticks as they are about 1/2 a normal wood tick size. Another thing that amazed us was how fast they could move. It would take a couple of grabs to catch them.
The ticks are still in the north-woods and around like a vengeance we cached in the areas of Antigo, Rhinelnader, Tomahawk, and Merrill
Pulled about 50 or so just off me.
The ticks are still in the north-woods and around like a vengeance we cached in the areas of Antigo, Rhinelnader, Tomahawk, and Merrill
Pulled about 50 or so just off me.