Should I Doubt DEET? DEET is a Toxic Substance to Your Health!

How is it possible that we got used to unsafe products, even food, not only cosmetics and we keep on using them and more, we teach our children to use them as well?
It is good that some of us still find this disturbing and work to come up with safe ideas and promote them.

What happened to being close to nature and live in peace with it? Is it not our duty to cherish the environment? What about our fellow human beings our children or ourselves? No one else will take care of our health if we do not do it!

Insect repellents are part of this “product using habit” of ours. We should think twice though before choosing the toxic ones.

Did you know that DEET (N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide) is the most commonly used ingredient of the mosquito and insect repellents these days? DEET is a highly toxic chemical, which has several side effects:

Common side effects

• Headache
• Dizziness
• Skin rashes
• Eye irritations
• Swelling

Rare side effects
• Seizures
• Confusion
• Slurred speech
• Brain damage (in very young children)

In opposition to toxic mosquito repellents are the non-toxic ones. Although not as popular, they are very effective and do absolutely no harm to the human organism. Natural insect repellents are usually made based on herbal oils, which have an insect repelling effect.

Most of these oils actually have a good effect on the emotional level of the being.
It is wise to use natural insect repellents even solely for the reason that they do not harm and then enjoy the emotionally calming effects of these oils.

BugButton offers you simple and fun products, which are highly effective, 100% natural and waterproof. You can apply them in seconds and you are protected.

BugButton has chosen the most effective natural insect repellent oils for its products: Citronella Oil, Philippine Geranium Oil and Indonesian Lemon Grass Oil.
Using an ingenious technique, the herbal oils are injected into various plastic forms, which you can where on your cloths or wrist.

You can choose among the Superband (easy to wear on your wrist), the BugButton, (easy to wear on cloths), the Mosquito Eliminator (you can practically hang it anywhere) and in addition to these BugButton offers you the Dryer Disk for “debugging” your cloths.
If you cannot make up your mind and decide on one of them, we give you the Variety Pack!

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