Researchers say they have found what every parent fears before the start of the school year: mutated lice that may be resistant to common treatments. But experts are cautioning against a panic, saying these results are preliminary.
Kyong Yoon, an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, and John Marshall Clark, director of the Massachusetts Pesticide Analysis Laboratory and professor at the University of Massachusetts, presented preliminary findings from their study on mutant lice at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Boston on Tuesday.
The team gathered lice samples from 30 states and found that 25 states had lice with genetic mutations called “knock-down resistance” mutations that have been known to help certain insects, including house flies, survive insecticides.
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I was told by a local doctor, it is because of all the immigrants coming into our country, they have very different ideas on hygiene.
ReplyDeleteBest cure, no nit comb or pesticides, tea tree oil mixed with olive oil. Apply generously, wrap head in towel for 30 minutes. Then shampoo, like many, many times it will take to get the oil out. Head lice will be gone and not return. To ensure, simply add a few drops of tea tree oil to regular shampoo. Wash all bedding and mist fresh bedding with mixture of water and tea tree oil.
ReplyDeleteUsed by Texas Rangers when they return from overseas, also what is used in the UK. This works.
Just another reason we need that wall on the border.
ReplyDeleteTo add to Tidewaterbound's comment, shampoo with Dawn dish washing detergent. It works better to remove the oil from the hair.
ReplyDeleteYou people won't be happy until readers try your concoctions and their hair falls out.
ReplyDeleteLOL 10:11. But no matter how hard anyone tries, tea tree oil, olive oil and Dawn aren't ever going to make anyone's hair fall out though. The 2 oils are actually great to put on your hair especially if you have dry hair or a dry itchy scalp.
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