August 20, 2017
Tick Avoidance and Prevention
By Evelyn Throne

Ideas on avoiding ticks:

Here are a few user-friendly, safe, and effective tick-borne disease prevention tips:

1) Use Sawyer Insect Repellant with 20% Picaridin or Repel w/Lemon Eucalyptus on your skin. These are safe for children and actually smell good.

2) Ticks start low and crawl up, a great prevention tip is to spray your shoes ahead of time with Sawyer 0.5% Permethrin spray available at Dicks Sporting Goods.

3) Pre-treated clothing can be bought through Insect Shield or www.BugBeWear.com or at a local sporting goods store. I heartily recommend purchasing insect repellant socks.

4) Using a lint roller will do a good job removing ticks on your skin and putting your clothing in the dryer for 15 minutes will dry out and kill any ticks on them.

5) For more great information go to: www.tickencounter.org or www.palyme.org