The summer of 2018 is going to be a particularly bad one in terms of tick infestation, the Inquisitr previously reported.
Amid the growing number of tick and mosquito-borne infections, which have tripled over the last decade, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning earlier this month advising people to stock up on bug repellent in order to prevent tick bites.
Among the best options for protection, the CDC recommended that everyone should “treat items, such as boots, pants, socks, and tents, with permethrin or buy permethrin-treated clothing and gear.”
This chemical, already available on the market in various forms, including spray products that you can use at home, was recently shown to prevent ticks from attaching to clothes, Newser reports.
A new study published last week in the Journal of Medical Entomology revealed that spraying clothing with permethrin causes a so-called “hot foot” effect that makes ticks fall off the fabric before having the chance to bite.
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