In Reply to: Yes it does work posted by Tuberose on Tuesday, 16. November 2004 at 15:27 Bali Time:
Someone told me in another sunscreen post recently when I said I thought " Bushman's" might have been the environmentally friendly one we got given at Couran Cove that it could NOT have been.
Apparently it has DEET in it which is a real big No-No for the little ones.Been years since our 2 have been " little ones's" so I am out of this all a bit these days re kid's info.
Personally these days I always use an insect repellant with DEET in it,after being given serious warnings from Doctors.This was especially because many years ago I contacted Encephalitis after being bitten by an infected mozzie in Australia.I was one of the unlucky 1/1000 that gets the disease after being bitten but one of the very lucky 40/100 that eventually made a complete recovery ! Thankfully I was too sick at the time to know that 1 in 5 people who get this die of it.
I was critically ill in hospital.I was very sick & had to be monitored for a long time after discharge until I fully recovered.Because of this I am very wary of mozzies & do everything I can for myself & my family not to be bitten.