"Natural" Fly Repellents

[rstillday]

Just a word of caution....all those online recipes that include Skin So Soft.....be aware that the product contains the following:

MINERAL OIL/HUILE MINERALE
ISOPROPYL PALMITATE
DICAPRYL ADIPATE
PARFUM/FRAGRANCE
DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE
BHT
DAUCUS CAROTA SATIVA (CARROT) SEED OIL

Ingredients in this product can cause numerous health effects including neurotoxicity, organ system toxicity, endocrine disruption, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Cancer, Developmental/reproductive toxicity and is also considered to be ecotoxic.​

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Thank you. But, could you cite your source? I can't imagine any of these ingredients creating these dire consequences unless it was actually eaten, and in some quantity. And, I guess if you were rubbing it onto your livestock there is a possibility they could ingest it? But, I'm willing to be proven wrong.

 

[rstillday]

http://www.colorfulcanary.com/2012/05/what-heck-is-in-avons-skin-so-soft-mor.html

I also spoke to my family doctor and he said he wouldn't use it on babies, lambs or chickens since he could not say that it's really a "natural" product. My thought is this, if it's "natural" and harmless it's one thing, but since it has so many chemicals that are NOT harmless, I wouldn't use it.

I am a breast cancer survivor and one thing my oncologist instilled in me, is that it isn't just one product, it's the cumulative effect of all of them that cause so many illnesses....Monsanto's Round Up, used by your neighbor, GMO products fed to us and to our livestock because we have no clue what is in what we eat anymore. Chemicals everywhere...eliminate as many as you can. I take it very seriously.