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    To Repel Ticks, Try Spraying Your Clothes With A Pesticide Derived from Mums

    Just in time for summer hikes and outdoor play: A study finds that the ticks that often convey Lyme disease become unable to bite, and soon die after exposure to clothing treated with permethrin.
    by Allison Aubrey Jul 09, 2018 3 minutes
    When ticks come in to contact with clothing sprayed with permethrin, research shows, they quickly become incapacitated and are unable to bite.

    There's new evidence to support a decades-old strategy for preventing the tick bites that lead to all sorts of nasty diseases, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

    The remedy involves spraying your clothing with permethrin — a pesticide that's chemically similar to extracts of the flowering chrysanthemum plant.

    Back in the 1980s, the U.S. military conducted several on a synthetic version of the plant-derived pesticide. When it was shown to be effective in preventing.

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