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DEET insect repellent has effects on nervous system

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Mosquito​New research finds that DEET, one of the world's most common insect repellents affects the human nervous system in the same way as pesticides and nerve gas.

DEET was developed by scientists working for the US Department of Agriculture and has been in widespread use in insect repellent products for agricultural, commercial, and personal use for more than 50 years.

Surprisingly there has been very little research on human safety and how it interacts with human biology until recently. Now, Vincent Corbel and colleagues at the Institute for Development Research in Montpellier, France, have found that DEET is likely to cause neurological dysfunction due to a particular mechanism of action.


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