consp04@bingsuna.bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Dan Boyd) (06/21/91)
From: consp04@bingsuna.bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Dan Boyd) DEET does not work, as one poster has insinuated, by actually repelling the insect. The mechanism is not what you'd think, namely "DEET smells bad to mosquitoes so they don't land on you." The actual mechanism is more along the lines of "DEET blocks certain chemical receptors that the mosquitoes use to find you." -- Dan -- Daniel F. Boyd consp04@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu CONTACT ALIENS BOTH BENEVOLENT AND EVIL! DON'T STIR OR DISTURB THE RICE! 210526315789473684 Also, if you wait too long, the pumpkin comes. -- mdchaney@iubacs