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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by TrinaryWorksToo on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:32PM (#21019104)
DEET is not a pesticide. Are you thinking of DDT?
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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by altec3 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:38PM (#21019177)
This article does say it has insecticidal properties - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125160/
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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by dTal on Saturday September 21, 2019 @02:05PM (#21036886)
Yeah, it's pretty toxic stuff. However, it's not typically used as an insecticide.

Other things with insecticidal properties: gasoline, bleach, car windshields, and bricks.

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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by tyingq on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:44PM (#21019253)
It's the insect repellent in, for example, "Off" spray.
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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by sp332 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @04:33PM (#21020449)
A repellent is not necessarily the same as an insecticide.
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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by tyingq on Thursday September 19, 2019 @05:45PM (#21021040)
Yup, that's what I was trying to clear up.
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