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Does it smell bad to the insects, or do they come up to you but decide it doesn't taste very good, and fly away without biting? -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. ( talk) 15:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
"By day 25, 45-65% of picaridin-exposed salamander larvae died." This is with what the authors described as conservative exposure. "When studying the effects of a chemical on an amphibian, we usually look for a suite of abnormalities. We couldn't collect these data because the salamanders died so quickly.""We observed heavy salamander mortality with picaridin, but not until after the fourth day of exposure. By the LC50 measure, picaridin would be deemed 'safe', but clearly, this is not the case.""The amount of repellents entering waterways peaks seasonally. If amphibians are exposed during a sensitive life stage, entire cohorts could perish. The population would not have a chance to recover until the following year. Meanwhile, mosquitoes would continue to reproduce. It suggests a negative feedback loop."" Not good for salamanders. Of course, since they feed on mosquito larvae it's not good for us either. This is another example of how destabilizing the food chain rarely involves a free lunch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.193.198 ( talk) 07:05, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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Information to be added or removed: In contrast to DEET, picaridin does not dissolve plastics and other synthetics (coatings, sealants). Moreover it is cosmetically more acceptable (skin feeling, odour) than DEET.
Explanation of issue: Give a more detailed explanation of sentence "Icaridin does not dissolve plastics."
References supporting change: Moore SJ, Debboun M (2007) History of Insect Repellents. In: Debboun M, Frances SP, Strickman D, editors. Insect Repellents.Principles, Methods, and Uses. New York: CRC Press. pp. 9-10 (Abstract about KBR 3023). ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284576621_History_of_Insect_Repellents)
Valerie at LANXESS Corp. Comm. ( talk) 12:00, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you for providing the page number. I'll review this shortly. Spintendo 13:32, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
"does not dissolve plastics", whereas the first source paraphrases the second source by stating that the agent
"does not have a significant plasticizing effect". According to Mark and Immergut [1] plasticization in general refers to the change in the thermal and mechanical properties of a given polymer which involves
cosmetically more acceptable (skin feeling odour) than DEET" that helps to give a more detailed explanation of it as not dissolving plastics. Specifically — what is it about the properties of having acceptable skin feeling and odour which prevents the plasticizing effect? Please advise. When ready to proceed with your reply, kindly change the
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An explanation was provided, but not worded in a manner which could be added to the article. Spintendo 16:38, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
is there any information available regarding safety/toxicity of the compound to humans? could the article expanded to contain that information? 89.134.199.32 ( talk) 21:01, 16 June 2019 (UTC).
Mention production methods. Jidanni ( talk) 01:21, 2 December 2022 (UTC)