Insect Shield

Insect Shield is a Licensed technology used by more than 30 brands. Insect Shield infuses the material with permethrin, a chemical that has DEET-like bug-repellent qualities. Insect Shield typically lasts for 70 washes [1][2] Insect Shield is an alternative to applying potentially harmful bug spray to your skin.

Insect Shield is the first-ever bug-repellent clothing registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is the most widely used technology behind many bug-repellent clothing and companies.[3]

Insect Shield can be used to protect people from Ticks which is a carrier of Lyme Disease. It is recommended to tuck your shirt into your pants and to tuck your socks in addition to using clothing that has been treated with Insect Shield.[4] Insect Shield Protects people from mosquitoes, ticks, ants, flies, chiggers, and midges.[5]

Insect Shield typically lasts for 70 washes, and shows up in tons of iterations, from simple T-shirts to battle-ready button-downs and khakis, socks and, toddler-size leg-warmers,pajamas, And the Insect Shield-ed two-person hammock.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "A Bite-Free Summer". WSJ.
  2. ↑ "5 items to protect against Lyme disease". The Boston Globe.
  3. ↑ "Bug Off: The 10 Best Pieces of Insect-Repelling Clothing". Live Bravely Outside.
  4. ↑ "Prevent Tick Bites". AntonNews.
  5. ↑ "Bug Off: The 10 Best Pieces of Insect-Repelling Clothing". Live Bravely Outside.
  6. ↑ "A Bite-Free Summer". WSJ.
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