WEBVTT DAVID: MOSQUITO AND TICKBORNE DISEASES ON THE RISE NATIONWIDE. THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF IS WITH A GOOD INSECT REPELLENT. CONSUMER REPORTS HAS NEW RATINGS, INCLUDING THE BEST ONES TO USE FOR A BUG BITE FREE SUMMER. ANNOYING, IRRITATING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. MOSQUITO AND TICK BITES CAN RUIN ANY SUMMER OUTING AND THE DISEASES THEY CARRY LIKE WEST NILE VIRUS, LIVE DISEASE CAN BE MUCH WORSE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE SAME TYPE OF REPELLENTS PROTECT WELL AGAINST MOSQUITOES AND TICKS. >> MANY OF THE BETTER PERFORMING PRODUCTS HAD DEET. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN IT IS SAFE WHEN USED AS DIRECTED EVEN FOR KIDS AND PREGNANT WOMEN. DAVID: A STANDARD DOSE OF REPELLENT IS APPLIED TO EACH SUBJECT’S FOREARMS. THEY STICK THEIR ARMS INTO 200 DISEASE-FREE MOSQUITOES FOR FIVE MINUTES. THE REPELLENT FAILS IF THERE ARE TWO BITES IN ONE EXPOSURE PERIOD. CR DID NOT TEST ALL REPELLENTS, BUT PREVIOUS RESULTS AND RESEARCH INDICATES ANY PRODUCT THAT PROTECTS FROM AS FEW DEVICE WILL LIKELY PROTECT FROM TICK BITES. THE CVS INSECT REPELLENT AND AID. ALSO RECORDED WELL WAS THE 30% OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS REPELLENT. RESEARCH SUGGESTS BOTH ARE SAFE. THE OIL OF LEMON SHOULD NOT BE USED ON CHILDREN UNDER THREE YEARS OLD. TO GET THE BEST PROTECTION FROM ANY OF THESE REPELLENTS, YOU MUST APPLY THEM PROPERLY SO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THE LABEL. YOU MAY WORRY ABOUT USING A CHEMICAL ON YOUR CHILDREN AND WANT TO GO THE NATURAL ROUTE, PERHAPS WITH A REPELLENT CONTAINING CITRONELLA. DEET WITH CONCENTRATIONS OF 30% OR LESS IS SAFE FOR CHILDREN WHEN USED AS DIRECTED. CR’S TESTS HAVE SHOWN MOST NATURAL PRODUCTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OIL OF LEMON, EUCALYPTUS DO