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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by t1lthesky on Thursday September 19, 2019 @04:43PM (#21020555)
Ha I remember doing the same thing when I was ~6 years old in South Korea. There would be these trucks that went around spraying mosquito killing fog in the apartment complexes and all the little kids from the neighborhood would run behind them.

Well now I'm 30 and so far things seem to be ok! Fingers crossed

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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by therein on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:41PM (#21021848)
Yup, this has been my experience growing up outside of the US.

Watching this video made me facepalm really hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2NmuQW8cjE

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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by emerongi on Friday September 20, 2019 @04:57AM (#21024572)
The description on that video is hilarious.
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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by o-__-o on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:09AM (#21025728)
Meanwhile I’m out walking my dog and one of these trucks turns the corner. I immediately turn and run, it’s always futile.. the truck passes me and I’m left standing there holding my shirt over my face. Doesn’t matter; inhaled DEET.
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Re:Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cau... by Jenda_ on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:13PM (#21032830)
FYI DDT and DEET are completely different chemicals, one is an insecticide, the other is a repellent. Some people in this thread seem to confuse them. I don't think they would spray DEET at scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEET

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