I-DEETingenye yemithi embalwa yokuxosha efakazelwe ukuthi iyasebenza ngokumelene nomiyane, amakhizane, nezinye izinambuzane ezikhathazayo. Kodwa uma ubheka amandla ale khemikhali, i-DEET iphephile kangakanani kubantu?
I-DEET, ososayensi bamakhemikhali abayibiza ngokuthi i-N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, itholakala okungenani emikhiqizweni eyi-120 ebhaliswe ne-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Le mikhiqizo ihlanganisa izifutho zokuxosha izinambuzane, izifutho, amaloshini, kanye nama-wipes.
Selokhu i-DEET yethulwa okokuqala emphakathini ngo-1957, i-Environmental Protection Agency yenze ukubuyekezwa okubili okubanzi kokuphepha kwamakhemikhali.
Kodwa uBethany Huelskoetter, i-APRN, DNP, udokotela wezokwelapha womndeni kwa-OSF Healthcare, uthi ezinye iziguli ziyayigwema le mikhiqizo, zikhetha leyo ethengiswayo njenge "yemvelo" noma "eyemifino."
Nakuba lezi zidakamizwa ezingasetshenziswa zingathengiswa njengezingenabo ubuthi obuncane, imiphumela yazo yokuxosha ngokuvamile ayihlali isikhathi eside njenge-DEET.
"Ngezinye izikhathi akunakwenzeka ukugwema imithi yokuxosha amakhemikhali. I-DEET iyimithi yokuxosha ephumelela kakhulu. Kuzo zonke imithi yokuxosha emakethe, i-DEET iyona engcono kakhulu ngemali yayo," kusho uHuelskoetter etshela i-Verywell.
Sebenzisa umuthi wokuxosha osebenzayo ukunciphisa ingozi yokulunywa yizinambuzane. Kodwa kungaba futhi yindlela yokuvimbela impilo: Cishe abantu abayingxenye yesigidi bathola isifo seLyme minyaka yonke ngemva kokulunywa yizimpukane, futhi abantu ababalelwa ezigidini ezingu-7 baye bathola lesi sifo selokhu kwaqala ukuvela igciwane laseWest Nile elithwalwa omiyane e-US ngo-1999. Abantu abatheleleke ngaleli gciwane.
Ngokusho kwe-Consumer Reports, i-DEET ilinganiswa njalo njengesithako esisebenzayo esisebenza kahle kakhulu emithini yokuxosha izinambuzane ngamanani okungenani angu-25%. Ngokuvamile, uma ukugcwala kwe-DEET kuphezulu kumkhiqizo, umphumela wokuvikela uhlala isikhathi eside.
Ezinye izinto zokuxosha izinambuzane zifaka i-picaridin, i-permethrin, kanye ne-PMD (amafutha e-lemon eucalyptus).
Ucwaningo lwango-2023 olwahlola ama-repellent amafutha angu-20 abalulekile luthole ukuthi amafutha abalulekile awavamile ukuhlala isikhathi esingaphezu kwehora nesigamu, futhi amanye alahlekelwa ukusebenza kahle ngemva kwesikhathi esingaphansi komzuzu. Uma kuqhathaniswa, i-DEET exosha omiyane ingaxosha omiyane okungenani amahora ayi-6.
Ngokusho kwe-Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), imiphumela emibi evela ku-DEET ayivamile. Embikweni wango-2017, le nhlangano ithe amaphesenti angu-88 okudalulwa kwe-DEET okubikwe ezikhungweni zokulawula ubuthi akubange izimpawu ezidinga ukwelashwa uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Cishe ingxenye yabantu ayizange ibhekane nemiphumela emibi, kanti iningi labo bonke abanye babenezimpawu ezincane kuphela, njengobuthongo, ukucasuka kwesikhumba, noma ukukhwehlela kwesikhashana, okwaphela ngokushesha.
Ukusabela okukhulu ku-DEET kuvame ukuholela ezimpawini zezinzwa ezifana nokuquleka, ukulawulwa kabi kwemisipha, ukuziphatha okunolaka, kanye nokukhubazeka kokuqonda.
"Uma sibheka ukuthi izigidi zabantu e-United States zisebenzisa i-DEET minyaka yonke, kunemibiko embalwa kakhulu yemiphumela emibi yezempilo evela ekusetshenzisweni kwe-DEET," kusho umbiko we-ATSDR.
Ungagwema nokulunywa yizinambuzane ngokugqoka imikhono emide nokuhlanza noma ukugwema noma yiziphi izindawo zokuzalela izinambuzane, njengamanzi amile, igceke lakho, nezinye izindawo ovame ukuya kuzo.
Uma ukhetha ukusebenzisa umkhiqizo oqukethe i-DEET, landela iziqondiso ezikulebula lomkhiqizo. Ngokusho kwe-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, kufanele usebenzise inani eliphansi kakhulu le-DEET elidingekayo ukuze ulondoloze ukuvikelwa — kungabi ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-50.
Ukuze kuncishiswe ingozi yokuhogela imithi yokuxosha, i-CDC itusa ukusebenzisa imithi yokuxosha ezindaweni ezinomoya omuhle kunasezindaweni ezivalekile. Ukuze ufake ebusweni bakho, fafaza umkhiqizo ezandleni zakho bese uwugcoba ebusweni bakho.
Uyanezela: “Ufuna isikhumba sakho sikwazi ukuphefumula ngemva kokufaka, futhi uma uphefumula kahle ngeke ube nokucasuka kwesikhumba.”
I-DEET iphephile ezinganeni, kodwa i-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention incoma ukuthi izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka eyi-10 zingazifaki umuthi wokuxosha. Izingane ezingaphansi kwezinyanga ezimbili ubudala akufanele zisebenzise imikhiqizo equkethe i-DEET.
Kubalulekile ukufonela isikhungo sokulawula ubuthi ngokushesha uma uphefumula noma ugwinya umkhiqizo oqukethe i-DEET, noma uma umkhiqizo ungena emehlweni akho.
Uma ufuna indlela ethembekile yokulawula izinambuzane, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni lapho omiyane namakhizane kuvame khona, i-DEET iyindlela ephephile nephumelelayo (uma nje isetshenziswa ngokwelebula). Ezinye izindlela zemvelo zingase zinganikezi izinga elifanayo lokuvikela, ngakho-ke cabanga ngendawo ezungezile kanye nengozi yezifo ezithwalwa yizinambuzane lapho ukhetha umuthi wokuxosha.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba-03-2024