Mosquito repellents refill machine coils mats are ineffective in repelling or killing mosquitoes bites in night know the reason

Cold It has not even gone completely yet and the outbreak of mosquitoes has started increasing rapidly. As a result, diseases related to it have also started spreading everywhere. To avoid mosquitoes, many types of mosquito repellants are being sold in the market in the form of liquid, coil or mat and are being used in homes. Have you ever noticed that to drive mosquitoes away, you have to light a coil or turn on a machine every day, but mosquitoes neither die nor run away. In such a situation, the biggest question is, are mosquito killers really as effective against mosquitoes as it has been claimed?

Different mosquito repellents work in different ways. Some drive away mosquitoes while some kill them. Most liquid mosquito repellants are used. Mosquito repellant consists of a mixed liquid which turns into vapor when lightly heated. There is a mixture of three types of chemicals inside the refill. 1- Insecticide- It drives away mosquitoes. 2- Stabilizer/Antioxidant- It prevents the insecticide from getting oxidized due to heat. 3- Perfume- Perfume is used because the liquid does not spread bad smell.

Transfluthrin is an important part of this mixture. It passes close to the skin of the mosquito, paralyzes it, which slows down the movement of the mosquito and damages its nervous system. The thing to note here is that this mixture is not poisonous for all mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are constantly changing and many mosquitoes have developed immunity against such mixtures.

chemical repellents– These are made of chemicals like Deb or DEET, Picardian or Icardian, IR3535. Most of these can be applied directly to the skin.

Spatial Repellents– They are not applied directly on the skin but work by vaporizing. For example coils, repellant sprays, vaporizers and mats.

It is surprising that despite such advanced technology why mosquito repellants are becoming ineffective. drug testing institute Shriram Testing Laboratory There can be three main reasons for this-

First- Every year different species of mosquitoes spread like Aedes mosquito, Anopheles mosquito, Culax mosquito, Culiseta, Mansonia, Psorophora, Toxorhinitis, Vemia etc. The same type of repellant is not effective for all.

second- Mosquitoes develop immunity due to excessive use of repellants.

third- Low concentration of active ingredients in the product. Many times companies change the mix of these products to save costs. This is a surprising reason.

There itself Kailash Gupta of All India Chemist Federation It is believed that the reason for the non-effectiveness of mosquito repellent is actually pollution, as well as due to running of AC, many times mosquito repellent is not very effective. AC draws the smoke of repellant towards itself. Kailash denied the allegation of reduction in ingredients due to reducing the expenses of companies making mosquito repellants.

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