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Article: NEW REPELLENT CALLED MORE EFFECTIVE THAN DEET THE NATURAL COMPOUND WAS FOUND BY ACCIDENT ON WILD TOMATOES IN ECUADOR.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 27, 2002
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Byline: Diane Suchetka The Charlotte Observer (N.C.).
A professor at North Carolina State University says he has discovered a mosquito repellent safer and more effective than DEET, a chemical now used by about a third of the U.S. population every year.
He found the natural compound by accident - on the foliage of wild tomatoes in the mountains of Ecuador.
And a Durham, N.C., company is about to begin selling his discovery, under the name "Skeeter Shield."
"Everybody we talk to says, 'Oh my God, this is incredible,'" says Alan Brandt, president and chief operating officer of Insect Biotechnology Inc., which now holds the license for use ...