[beef234]

Can you tell me more about powdered sulfur to avoid tick bites? I'm very prone to ticks and can't handle deet and essential oils don't seem to cut it. What type of sulfur do you use and can it be used directly on skin or just clothing?

On the plus side I hear they are testing now in the North East for various tick borne diseases and Zika in the South on donations. Progress is just slow and the current tests are not perfect.

[mkstowegnv]

I and my fellow field biologists have never had a negative reaction to sulfur - but you might be sensitive, and this is not medical advice, etc. It works by slowly reacting to moisture and creating a toxic cloud of hydrogen sulfide near the skin which drives all arthropods away (even makes "seed ticks" - ie groups of freshly hatched ticks - jump off your skin if you already have them on you). In the past I could get "sublimed sulfur" or "flowers of sulfur" at pharmacies, but as it got hard to find I bought a large almost lifetime supply. Now I would look at one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dh...

(perhaps the Humco in particular). I create a powder puff from some powder in a sock which I keep in zip lock bag. Then I can knock the puff against socks, pants and skin.

The downside is that if you do this often and you wash your socks with your shirts, I have found that there are dance partners that can pick up a whiff of brimstone (not terrible but a little off putting).