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Elyse DeFranco

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Was this article fact-checked? Oil of lemon eucalyptus has been shown very effective against mosquitoes in studies, and doesn't melt your skin. Just from my own experience (including in mosquito-infected Alaska) it often works better than DEET.

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Laura Helmuth's avatar Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social
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Yes, it was fact-checked. *Everything we publish is fact-checked.* (I realize you can't count on that being the case for all articles, so I try to emphasize it when there's an opportunity.) The story does mention PMD and explains that it is the active ingredient in oil of lemon eucalyptus

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