Talk:DEET

message: The article is about DEET. Alternatives should be discussed briefly if at all and fuller discussions in their respective articles.
It would be better integrated into the insect repellents article.122.163.253.2 (talk) 08:54, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree. Unless it's commercially available, it should not be listed. Research use is merely speculative. I'll take a look. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Alternatives to DEET directly relate to the article and are appropriate.   Moreover, the commercial production preference suggested above is arbitrary. Mavigogun (talk) 12:41, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternatives section does not belong in this article 

message: Science gets the deets on DEET; Insect repellent appears to repel mosquitoes by confusing them by Rachel Ehrenberg October 22nd, 2011; Vol.180 #9 (p. 10) 
97.87.29.188 (talk) 22:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Add Brazilian fruit fly Boa Esperanҫa?  99.181.138.228 (talk) 03:23, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Add Insect repellent wikilink?  99.109.125.146 (talk) 01:02, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Science News]] resource ... regarding [[Olfaction]] and [[insects]] 

message: DEET can dissolve leather?  really?  H870rce (talk) 16:52, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems dubious to me.  Since it is not supported by any reference, I have removed it.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Effects on materials 

message: This article:  http://www.bangkokpost.com/lite/topstories/310348/cocktail-lethal-for-sisters
Points out that:  "The cocktail known locally as 4x100 contains cough syrup, cola, ground-up kratom leaves, which are a mild narcotic, and ice."
And that it is thought than "an overdose of DEET was accidentally mixed into the young women's drinks."
I've changed the main article to this effect; this is for the record.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.112.4.193 (talk) 00:41, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deet not part of the 4x100 cocktail 

message: I've heard "DEET" for years and only just noticed that it's not an abbreviation for the chemical name. Where is the second "E" from? It can't be "di-ethyl-ethyl-m-toluamide", which is clearly incorrect. And if you formulate the name as "ethyl-ethyl-m-toluamide", there's no "D". 
I don't otherwise see any other source for the second E, in most any of the potential synonyms (N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide, N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide). 
I see on ChemID that a synonym is (was?) DET, which makes sense... maybe DEET is just a bastardization of this? 
If we can determine where it came from, we should explain this briefly in the History. 
:RedKnight7 (talk) 20:55, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Added two references! --Fernando Trebien (talk) 00:05, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better explanation of DEET's abbreviation? 

message: I can taste  in my mouth 30 seconds after application to the back of my hand. That is all I know. Jidanni (talk) 07:41, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds like blood circulation. The taste is shockingly intense and horrible. It's bitter, fuel-like (especially xylene-like), and strangely electric. 71.46.230.154 (talk) 03:05, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

text: The volatiles in the air are likely reponsible for this, triggering the olfactive (and taste) effects. —PaleoNeonate – 07:46, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transmission via nerves? 

message: I was looking into DEET and there seems to be a lot of discussion about when it expires. There are a few sources like Lonely Planet and Larimer County that say it is stable and doesn't expire but I can't find a reliable source.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CiaranMalik (talk • contribs) 20:43, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expiration Date 

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message: theres a quote in this section (The authors of a 2002 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine wrote, "DEET has a remarkable safety profile after 40 years of use and nearly 8 billion human applications. When applied with common sense, DEET-based repellents can be expected to provide a safe as well as long-lasting repellent effect. Despite the substantial attention paid by the lay press every year to the safety of DEET, this repellent has been subjected to more scientific and toxicological scrutiny than any other repellent substance.")
"remarkable safety profile" sounds to me like weasel words not worth of citing. 
"with common sense" sounds also somewhat less than an encyclopedically/scientifically acceptable description of the nature and extent of the risks and hazards and how to avoid/minimize them.
"can be expected" is another expression suggesting marketing BS and liability avoidance rather than exact information.
"despite...attention...more...scrutiny than other substances": this reveals nothing about the results of the scrutiny mentioned.
the overall effect of this paragraph is that it conveys an air of dishonesty, maknig one slighly vary about the shady biz behind. 
it would do a great service to the article if this para could be replaced by something either fish or fowl. perhaps some data on the nature and extent of the risks could be provided. 
89.134.199.32 (talk) 19:49, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  health effects/safety section 

message: the second external linj: DEET technical fact sheet has been moved to http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/archive/DEETtech.html#toxbox
also this link contains toxicity information that is actually missing from the WP article, pls some editor who's able to make decent looking tables put the toxicity data into the article. that could be more useful than the quotes currently filling up the health effects section.89.134.199.32 (talk) 20:49, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  external link moved 

message: Dead link for citation [21] wrt to study of national park employees with high exposure to DEET.
404 error. Unchecked mail (talk) 21:10, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link