How to Make an Insect Repellant Out of Lemongrass By Brian Airman‚ eHow Contributor updated: May 05‚ 2010 Lemongrass oils works like citronella to repel mosquitoes and other stinging insects. Insect bites and stings are painful at the moment of attack and sometimes cause lasting skin irritation. It only takes a minute to turn a fresh stalk of lemongrass into natural insect repellent. The essential oils naturally present inside the lemongrass stalk repel pests and give skin a fresh‚ vibrant
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The Earth is bursting with luscious vegetation and beautiful creatures‚ and the human race has the luxury of enjoying all of this around them. Humans relish in the food produced from plants‚ the role they play in keeping animals alive‚ and the pure beauty of plants. They also benefit from insects that aid the plants‚ the food that animals produce‚ and the company they provide‚ from pets to the bugs humans encounter every day. Animals cannot survive without plants‚ and plants would not be on earth
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Avian influenza‚ also known as the bird flu‚ is a viral infection that spreads through birds. There is currently a certain strain of the bird flu called H5N1 that is spreading in poultry in Egypt and Asia. The virus is deadly to birds‚ as well as any mammal or human who come in contact with the birds. The first case of H5N1 in humans was reported to be in Hong Kong in 1997‚ and the virus has reemerged in 2003/2004 in Asia‚ Europe and Africa. Nearly 60 percent of the people with the virus has died
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left exposed (26‚ 41). Repellents are only partially effective against swarms of biting midges. Headnets or hooded wide-mesh jackets impregnated with a repellent offer good protection (22‚ 42–44). Anti-mosquito garment A vest has been developed in the former USSR which is too thick for mosquitos to feed through and which allows the user sufficient aeration of the body. It consists of an undervest‚ with long sleeves made from a widemesh material of which the fibres are about 0.5 cm thick‚ covered with
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Healing the Whole World Speech #1: Informative Josephine Harscouet‚ Sheyla Rodriguez‚ Mallory Bridgman Dengue Fever in Colombia and India SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience about Dengue Fever INTRODUCTION I. With more than one-third of the world’s population living in areas at risk for infection‚ dengue virus is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. II. We would like to inform you of this disease because it affects so many populations
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Risk Assessment Assignment SCI 275 Risk Assessment of Malathion Currently before the Genericville city council is a proposed pesticide application program to reduce the mosquito population. The current pesticide of choice for this is Malathion. While there are many different viewpoints on the effects of the pesticide Malathion‚ it is my decision as a city council member to vote for the usage of Malathion as part of the pesticide application program. Included in my vote is the condition that
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Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES AND LITERATURE Related Literature It is said that Lemon Grass is an excellent insect repellant. The ancients were familiar with this attribute. This action‚ bug repelling‚ does not carry the same punch that it did in the days of the Israelites. Egypt was fertile because it had good soil and lots of water. An abundance of water meant lots of insects‚ specifically mosquitoes. Mosquitoes carry malaria‚ which was bad news in the ancient world. The ancients
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Pharmacology Report 1: Determination of an insecticide in cockroaches Introduction Pesticides are toxic and go through many different testings and procedures before they are put on the shelf in various industries. One general method that is used to asses toxicity of pesticides before released for sale is the LD50 (Lethal Dose 50) method. This method is conducted by calculating the most accurate dose of toxin that will kill animals 50% of the time. Before determining an accurate LD50 of a chemical
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WNV IgM in serum remains detectable for at least 1 to 2 months after infection and sometimes longer therefore serum IgM results must be interpreted in reference to the patient’s clinical presentation and travel history‚ as well as regional WNV activity (Maldin B‚ et al. 2003) A negative IgM result on an acute-phase specimen strongly suggests absence of WNV infection. A positive IgM result on an acute-phase specimen‚ accompanied by clinical symptoms consistent with WNV infection‚ strongly suggests
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In the novel‚ The Mosquito Coast‚ there are many elements that do not make the world seem like a utopian place. Allie Fox‚ the protagonist portrays many dystopian elements. Many elements displayed throughout this novel are far from a utopian setting. Technological advances‚ mastery of nature‚ and the role of free will are noticed throughout the plot. In The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux‚ the strongest dystopian elements are mastery of nature‚ technological advances and the role of free will. Throughout
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