Catnip and grapefruit are ushering in a new era of insect repellants ...Middle East

Mosquitoes are a huge pain, but new insect repellants could help you stave them off without covering you in gross chemicals. (Pexels/)If you’ve been out in the woods in your life, you’ve probably eaten, drank, or breathed in DEET, and then been filled with regret. But it might not be forever.Over the past year, decades of research into essential-oil-based insect repellents have begun to bear fruit. Earlier this month, research on nepetalactone, the active ingredient in catnip, published in the journal Current Biology, demonstrated the power of the chemical to ward off mosquitoes. And last August the EPA approved another essential oil, nootkatone, which usually comes from grapefruit, to be us

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