Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This insecticide can help prevent some mosquito and tick bites. But you must use it properly. By Catherine Roberts With tick ...

The case for permethrin-treated clothing to prevent tick bites keeps getting stronger. In new experiments, clothing treated with an insecticide known as permethrin had strong toxic effects on three ...

Permethrin-treated clothing, first developed by the military a few decades ago, has been available to consumers since 2003, and there are a few ways to use it. • You can buy pretreated clothing from ...