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What Is It?
What is Insect Shield?
Insect Shield® Repellent
Apparel and Insect Shield® Repellent
Gear are revolutionary products designed
to provide long-lasting, effective and
convenient personal insect
protection. The durable protection
provided by Insect Shield apparel and
gear is the result of years of research
and testing. In July 2003, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency granted
registration of Buzz Off Insect Shield
Insect Repellent Apparel—the first-ever,
EPA-registered insect-repellent
clothing. Buzz Off Insect Shield, LLC,
is launching the Insect Shield® brand
to introduce its remarkable, enhanced
repellent-apparel technology. The EPA
has granted Buzz Off Insect Shield
extended durability claims for its
apparel registration, through 70
washings. Seventy washings is nearly
three times the longevity of the
original EPA apparel registration at 25
washings. Insect Shield apparel and gear
products combine the patent-pending
Insect Shield process with a proprietary
formulation of the insect repellent
permethrin—resulting in effective,
odorless insect protection that lasts
the expected lifetime of a garment.
How did permethrin originate,
and what are its uses?
Permethrin is a man-made
version of a natural insect repellent
found in certain chrysanthemum plants.
The Insect Shield process binds a
proprietary permethrin formula tightly
to fabric fibers—resulting in effective,
odorless insect protection that lasts
beyond the expected lifetime of
apparel. Permethrin has been
successfully used in the United States
as an U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)-registered product since
1977, with an excellent safety
record. It is used in lice shampoos for
children, flea dips for dogs, and
various other products, some of which
are regulated by the FDA.
Which insects does Insect Shield
repel?
Insect Shield® Repellent
Apparel has been proven and registered
to repel mosquitoes, ticks, ants, flies,
chiggers, and midges (no-see-ums).
Insect Shield® Repellent Gear has been
proven and registered to repel
mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and flies. The
EPA requires extensive effectiveness
data to prove a product's ability to
repel insects. Many species and
varieties of these insects have been
tested, including those that can carry
dangerous diseases.
Tested and Proven
Insect Shield technology
results from years of intensive research
and field study. Numerous studies have
confirmed the effectiveness of
permethrin-treated clothing as an insect
repellent. Buzz Off Insect Shield’s own
testing methods follow United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
guidelines, and the results conclusively
show that our unique, long-lasting
insect protection works.
Durable
The repellency of Insect Shield
apparel is EPA-registered to last
through 70 launderings—the expected
lifetime of a garment. This is also
well beyond the life of most
performance finishes commonly used
in the technical-apparel industry.
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