But, particularly when it comes to ticks, there’s another useful strategy recommended by public health experts: wearing clothing treated with permethrin. Permethrin-treated clothing appears to ...

But you must use it properly. Permethrin-treated clothing—designed to kill or disable bugs upon contact—has been available to the public since 2003. By Catherine Roberts Updated by Justin ...

However, using a chemical to treat that clothing will dramatically increase its ability to protect. The use of permethrin, an insecticide, to spray or impregnate clothing is highly recommended for ...

Certain products containing permethrin are recommended for use on clothing, shoes, bed nets, and camping gear, and are registered with EPA for this use. Permethrin is highly effective as an ...

Another protective approach is to treat your clothing and outdoor gear with with permethrin to help ward off Lyme-disease carrying arthropods. The chemical doesn't work on your skin, since it ...