Commercial Head Lice Treatments - Pesticides on Your Child s Hair?
Commercial head lice treatments are technically considered to be pesticides due to the fact that
their ingredients kill pests or insects, which in this case, refers to Pediculus humanus...
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Commercial Head Lice Treatments - Pesticides on Your Child s Hair?
Commercial head lice treatments are technically considered to be pesticides due to the fact that
their ingredients kill pests or insects, which in this case, refers to Pediculus humanus capitis, or
the common head louse.
Head lice are definitely hardy creatures that despite our best efforts continue to plague humans in
all walks of life and of all socioeconomic backgrounds.
Children are the most susceptible to
outbreaks of lice and girls, with their longer hair, tend to have them more often than boys.
Even
though these products are often used on young children, treatments sold commercially may
include a variety of chemical compounds.
One of the most common pesticides used in lice treatments is synthetic pyrethrin, which is a
derivative of a natural pesticide coming from the chrysanthemum.
Even natural pyrethrin can be
toxic in excessive amounts.
Permethrin, another pesticide, is less toxic than pyrethrin but
conce
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