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- Safe for children and pregnant women
- Plant-based ingredients
- Repels black flies, mosquitoes and ticks
- Variable protection time
- Scent
- Sticky
According to experts, Bite Blocker is the safest natural repellent for children. In fact, its use is recommended by the American Pediatrics Academy. Made with plant-based ingredients including soybean oil and geranium oil, Bite Blocker outperforms many other natural insect repellents in comparison tests, though it is not consistently effective. Its protection time (90 minutes to two hours) is not as long as another highly rated natural repellent, Repel Lemon Eucalyptus (*est. $7.50 for 4 oz.), which has a protection time of about four to six hours. Unlike Repel, however, Bite Blocker is suitable for children as young as 2 months old. Reviews report that Bite Blocker is also effective against black flies.
ConsumerReports.org and the Journal of Medical Entomology both provide comparative reviews that cover a wide range of repellents, though neither uses many test subjects. An older report from the New England Journal of Medicine is informative but lacks current information. A report on eMedicine.com is particularly helpful in looking at different types of repellents, though no specific studies are cited. Testing by Slate.com, which is much more informal, looks at repellents in terms of their scent and feel.
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1. ConsumerReports.orgDetails/Subscribe
Consumer Reports tests 18 insect repellents including Bite Blocker. Repellents are tested with two species of mosquito that are common in the United States, as well as with deer ticks. Effectiveness is measured by the average length of time until the second bite.
Review: Insect Repellents: Which Keep Bugs at Bay?, Editors of ConsumerReports.org, June 2006
2. Journal of Medical Entomology
Twelve insect repellents, including Bite Blocker, are tested on two people for this study. Some insect repellents protect for as long as eight hours on one tester, but only for four hours on the other.
Review: Laboratory Evaluation of Mosquito Repellents, Donald R. Barnard and Rui-De Xue, July 2004
Dermatology professor Mark Fradin summarizes information on current insect repellents and notes that Bite Blocker is especially effective against black flies.
Review: Insect Repellents, Mark S. Fradin, May 5, 2009
This review, based on 2006 tests and ratings at Consumer Reports, is free without a subscription. Botanical repellents are discussed, along with two other types of DEET-free repellents.
Review: DEET-Free Insect Repellents, Editors of GreenerChoices.org, June 2007
5. The New England Journal of Medicine
Researchers enlist 15 volunteers to test 16 insect repellents. Bite Blocker for Kids is the top-rated non-DEET product, but the duration of its effectiveness varies from more than three hours to only 16 minutes.
Review: Comparative Efficacy of Insect Repellents against Mosquito Bites, Mark S. Fradin and John F. Day, July 4, 2002
6. Slate.com
Andria Lisle and friends test nine mosquito repellents including Bite Blocker, which finishes in the middle. Testers say it smells good but is sticky and doesn't protect better than DEET.
Review: Bug Off! Which Mosquito Repellents Work Best?, Andria Lisle, July 26, 2005
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