On The Hunt For The Safest Bug Spray For Kids
What is scarier: Lyme disease or West Nile Virus from a mosquito bite, or the chemicals in the bug spray to avoid the bite?
“This is a hard issue,” says Sonya Lunder, MPH, a senior analyst at the Environmental Working Group in Washington D.C. “It’s one that I’ve gone through many times before, both as an expert in toxins and as a parent.”
After going back and forth for a while about this, I have decided that the potentially harmful ingredients in most insect repellents are not going on Isaac’s soft toddler skin.
The usual suspects contain either DEET or Picardin, and although the …





































