Permethrin Clothing Treatment

Permethrin clothing spray for hiking is a synthetic insecticide you apply to fabric — pants, socks, shirts, gaiters — rather than to skin. Once dry, it binds to the fibres and stuns or kills ticks and mosquitoes on contact. Here’s the Canadian twist: Health Canada has not approved do-it-yourself permethrin sprays, only factory-treated garments. That … Read more

Somewhere between “I’ll just wear long pants” and “I’m never going in the woods again” sits the smartest tick strategy most Canadian campers never try: treating the gear itself. A permethrin treatment kit for camping gear isn’t a miracle in a bottle, but it’s the closest thing outdoor medicine has to one — a fabric-bonding … Read more