How to Use DEET Correctly

DEET is absorbed through your skin into your bloodstream but it's cleared from your system within a few hours. Less than 50 cases of serious toxic effects have been documented in the medical literature since 1960 and most of them resolved. Care should be taken when it's used around plastic watches, eyeglasses, and synthetic fabrics. If you do have a reaction stop using it wash it off call your local poison control center or if you go to your doctor bring the bottle.