Rats treated with an average human dose of DEET (40 mg/kg body weight) performed far worse when challenged with physical tasks requiring muscle control, strength and coordination.
If 40 mg/kg of body weight is an "average human dose" then I'd need to apply over SEVEN POUNDS of deet to my body to reach that dose. No wonder my gear gets so heavy when I re-pack it for summer use.
Perhaps it should say "Study finds that drowning rats in Deet destroys brain cells - DUH!"
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