[MR] Fw: Ticks Can Survive Washing

[Kerri Martinsen]

I'm so glad they are concerned with plugging a specific product that they
couldn't be bothered to tell us WHAT brand of soap killed the most ticks...

Vitha
Mom of a Tick Magnet.


On 10/5/07 8:41 PM, "Sharon Gordon" <gordonse at one.net> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ARS News Service" <NewsService at ars.usda.gov>
> To: "ARS News subscriber" <gordonse at one.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 8:12 AM
> Subject: Ticks Can Survive Washing
> 
> 
>> STORY LEAD:
>> Ticks Don't Come Out in the Wash
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>> ARS News Service
>> Agricultural Research Service, USDA
>> Ann Perry, (301) 504-1628, ann.perry at ars.usda.gov
>> October 5, 2007
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>> Carroll used a combination of water temperature settings and detergent
> types to wash the ticks. The majority of lone star ticks survived all the
> water-detergent combinations with no obvious side effects. Most of the deer
> ticks lived through the cold and warm water settings as well. But when one
> type of detergent was used with a hot water setting, only 25 percent of the
> deer ticks survived.
>>