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Trivia # 136: Popular Insect Repellent Deet Is Neurotoxic

5 March, 2010
Toxicological Trivia from March 05,2010: A French research suggests that the main ingredient in many insect repellents may affect the nervous system, at least in mice. And combining this ingredient, DEET (N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide) in mice, the symptoms worsened, with what type of pesticide?:
a) Carbamates;
b) Pyrethroids;
c) piperonyl butoxide
Trivia # 136: Popular Insect Repellent Deet Is Neurotoxic
Correct Answer a. Read more in article: About Neurotoxicity of DEET
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