Prevention of Bug Bites, Stings, and Disease
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 5 November 2009
- ISBN 9780195365771
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 244x132x20 mm
- Weight 513 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 48 black and white halftone, 77 line illustrations 0
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Short description:
This book provides anyone, anywhere with the information they need to prevent bites and stings from scorpions, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, lice, and other such creatures.
MoreLong description:
Here is all the information you will ever need—no matter where you are in the world—to identify, avoid, and protect yourself against all manner of blood sucking or venomous arthropods, ranging from scorpions, spiders, ants, and bees to mites, ticks, lice, bed bugs, sand flies, biting midges, mosquitoes, and horse flies. Line drawings and representative color photographs help identify bugs accurately, and information on each bug's particular habits and habitats
allows readers to minimize potentially annoying, painful, and even lethal encounters. This book is packed with helpful tips on using barriers—window-screens, bed nets, smoky coils, and proper clothing, and on choosing the right repellent for the right bug in the right place. Readers also will learn how
to apply pesticides safely and effectively. Based on the best available science, this well-illustrated, crystal clear guide will be a welcome guest in any home or back yard, and an essential companion for travelers around the world.
This is a book that succeeds on several fronts. It is a tremendous resource for those of us who provide the public with information about arthropods and human health, as well as a very understandable handbook for the general public on how to avoid insect altercations. It is also one of the best reviews I have seen of both natural and synthetic repellents and the steps one may take to minimize contact with obnoxious arthropods. The authors did an exceptional job in creating a book
that is clearly written, in a style that balances cold facts with the realities of everyday life and tosses in a bit of humor for flavor. It answers the questions all of us have about keeping medically important insect at least at femur's, if not arm's, length.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
What's Biting Me?
Location, Location, Location
When is Enough Enough?
Stop Them at the Source
WANTED: Dead or Dead
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Suit Up!
Put on Something Natural
Repellents that Work
Formulation: The Choice is Up to You
How Do I Know What Works?
How Do I Know That It's Safe?
Will It Hurt?: Toxic Stings and Bites
Future Directions
Putting It All Together
Glossary
References
Index
