INSECT REPELLENT
February 1st, 2002
BY MATTHEW BRACEAN AUSTRALIAN company has made a breakthrough in developing insect-repellent clothing. In tests, cloth samples impregnated with a synthetic pyrethroid repellent killed most mosquitoes before they even touched the material.Its manufacturing method applies the chemicals with the softeners onto the fabric and becomes part of the chemical finish on the treated textile. And whereas traditional chemical treatments usually need to be re-applied after every two or three washes this one makes clothing effectively insect-proof for weeks on end, says ...
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