What even is DEET?

#053 Rebroadcast This week, Melissa and Jam revisit one of their fav episodes on the topic of mosquitos. What is DEET? What part does it play in repelling mosquitos? How do repellants repel mosquitos in the first place? Is it just straight witchcraft? Let's do it. Support this podcast on Patreon Buy Podcast Merch and Apparel Check out our website at chemforyourlife.com Watch our episodes on YouTube Find us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife References from this episode Staph Retreat - Radiolab - WYNC https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/reg_actions/reregistration/fs_PC-080301_1-Apr-98.pdf https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-it-true-that-the-deet/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24892824/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11693870/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26827259/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31167-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982219311674%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31167-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982219311674%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/biochemist