Comments on: Off! Powerpad Lamp Review http://www.allrepellents.com/2006/08/off-powerpad-lamp-review/ Repellent Reviews for Deer, Cat, Dog, Insect, Mosquito, Snake or other Repellents Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://www.allrepellents.com/2006/08/off-powerpad-lamp-review/comment-page-1/#comment-43248 Dan Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:51:12 +0000 http://www.allrepellents.com/2006/08/off-powerpad-lamp-review/#comment-43248 I have to agree with Eric. I don't get this. The S.C. Johnson web site designed to advertise their bug repellent products, bugsmart.ca, has a precaution for this product stating "Avoid breathing vapours". This product works by releasing vapour and the insects stay out of the area filled with the vapour. So to protect yourself you need to sit in the area of vapour and, well, breath. Or are they just worried about you directly inhaling the vapours from the lamp (which still implies the vapour isn't safe). The BugStorm web site isn't much better. They don't tell you what chemical they use, they just state it is natural. Well allethrin is a synthetic copy of a naturally occurring insecticide, pyrethrin, found in the pyrethum flower. So if the OFF product used pyrethrin instead could it claim to be natural and thus harmless? Arsenic is natural, that doesn't make it harmless. Here is a link to a WHO report on allethrin. They basically conclude that it is no danger to people when used properly. http://www.who.int/entity/whopes/quality/en/dAllethrin_spec_eval_March_04.pdf I have to agree with Eric. I don’t get this. The S.C. Johnson web site designed to advertise their bug repellent products, bugsmart.ca, has a precaution for this product stating “Avoid breathing vapours”. This product works by releasing vapour and the insects stay out of the area filled with the vapour. So to protect yourself you need to sit in the area of vapour and, well, breath. Or are they just worried about you directly inhaling the vapours from the lamp (which still implies the vapour isn’t safe).

The BugStorm web site isn’t much better. They don’t tell you what chemical they use, they just state it is natural. Well allethrin is a synthetic copy of a naturally occurring insecticide, pyrethrin,
found in the pyrethum flower. So if the OFF product used pyrethrin instead could it claim to be natural and thus harmless? Arsenic is natural, that doesn’t make it harmless.

Here is a link to a WHO report on allethrin. They basically conclude that it is no danger to people when used properly.
http://www.who.int/entity/whopes/quality/en/dAllethrin_spec_eval_March_04.pdf

]]> By: Grannie http://www.allrepellents.com/2006/08/off-powerpad-lamp-review/comment-page-1/#comment-43211 Grannie Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:39:31 +0000 http://www.allrepellents.com/2006/08/off-powerpad-lamp-review/#comment-43211 These S.C.Johnson products are made just "down the road" from me. Refills can be purchased at Costco in Canada for a very reasonable price. These S.C.Johnson products are made just “down the road” from me. Refills can be purchased at Costco in Canada for a very reasonable price.

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