Cancerwise

Because many insects are cold-blooded, they’re more active in the summer when they get more energy from warm weather to feed and reproduce faster. For many of us, that brings more bug bites.

That may mean uncomfortable inflamed bumps and – more seriously – the threat of diseases like West Nile Virus (from mosquitoes) and Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (from ticks).

We usually try to repel insects with products...