Scientifically Proven: Four Active Ingredients That Really Keep Mosquitoes Away | life & knowledge

2023-08-16 17:10:23

What helps against the mosquito plague in summer – and what doesn’t?

Some swear by eating garlic, others by cloves stuck in a lemon. But if you really want to get rid of mosquitoes, you have to apply a mosquito repellent directly to your skin – and that should contain one of four active ingredients.

This was revealed by Prof. James Logan from the London College of Hygienic and Tropical Medicine. In the lab, he put his arm in a box of 50 mosquitoes to test the different remedies.