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Article: TWO STRIKES AND YOU MAY BE OUT FROM BEE STINGS PHARMACY PROFESSOR SUGGESTS HOME REPELLENTS AFTER RECALL
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- June 28, 1990
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Also ran in Porter edition, b9.
Summertime savvy will be needed to deal with bee stings and a recall of commercial bug repellents containing a supposedly harmful chemical, says a Purdue University professor of pharmacognosy.
"The first time you're stung by a bee, it's usually a freebie - there's usually no bad reaction except for the pain," says Professor Jerry L. McLaughlin of Purdue's School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences. "The problem is you don't really know until the next time you're stung if you've become allergic to the bee venom."
Although less than 1 percent of the population is allergic to bee stings, more ...