* Beetles and Weevils: Put a bay leaf in each container of
cereal, crackers, cookies, flour and other grain products.
 Store flour and grains in a cool cabinet, or preferably in
 the refrigerator, or in a container sealed with a rubber
 gasket.
 Hang small cloth socks of black pepper in your food bins.
* House 4& arden (all purpose :
 Mix two tablespoons liquid soap in one quart water and
 store in spray bottle. Spray plants evenly, aiming directly
 at pests.
 Finely chop one bulb of garlic and one small onion, mix
 with one quart tap water, add one tablespoon cayenne
 pepper, let sit for one hour, then add two tablespoons
 liquid soap. Mix well; when foam subsides, strain into spray
 bottle & keep refrigerated. Lasts one to two weeks.

INSECT REPELLENTs harmful ingredients- pesticides*
(most common ingredient is DEET); aerosol propellants.

 Alternatives
* Splash a little vinegar on exposed skin or dab it on with a
 cotton ball.
* Use commercially-available citronella lotions or oils.
* bi ute citronella or pennyroyal oil with vodka or vegetable
 oil (a few drops to one ounce of either) and then apply at
 strategic points (like perfume).
* Eat lots of garlicky food -- mosquitoes hate garlic.

LAUNDRY bETERSENT harmful ingredients- detergents,
ammonia, fluorescent brighteners, ethanol, fragrance,
naphthalene*, phenol.

"Chemicals marked by astensks (*) have been listed by the U S. Environmental
PrrtI'tiwn Agency as priority pollutuan recognized as being hazardous to human
health.
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