The regulators finally gave us the green light for access to permethrin-treated clothing. I am drained from this fight but incredibly grateful that we did this together. Take a moment to breathe because now our children have a real layer of protection against these ticks.
March 1, 2018
Final supporters
Appropriately used, permethrin-treated clothing is a key tool and a safe tool for preventing bites from ticks carrying lyme disease, especially in children. The ticks and the disease are on the move and children playing in nature are the most vulnerable. In Canada, we do not have access to permethrin products for spraying clothing, or permethrin-treated clothing because such uses have not been approved by our federal Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency. Please support this effort to put pressure on politicians and health officials to give us access to these products. View More Info about this topic at: www.versicolor.ca/noticks
Updates
January 20, 2018
We just hit 250 signatures. It is exhausting to keep pushing when the bureaucracy stays silent but seeing this many people recognize the risk makes the struggle feel worth it.
Reached 250 supporters
January 18, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
July 14, 2014
134 Comments
If permethrin-impregnated clothing is fine for Canadians to use overseas and for the US and Cdn militaries to use, why can`t the product be sold in Canada. In the interim, I`ll spray my clothing with a permethrin insecticide.
Allow the use. After 4 bites this season so far, I use commercial permethrin to treat my clothing now, it would be great if we could actully have the proper products instead of coating my clothes with commercial products used to deal with home barns and farms.
I live in Fall River and have pulled several ticks from my Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever in the past 2 weeks. One Tick I brought to the vet who id'd it as a black legged tick. Although I can protect the dog with treatment to prevent it, I'd like to protect myself and family. This clothing would be great if it were available.
It makes no sense for Health Canada to recommend this preventive measure outside Canada but not within Canada.As a physician I wonder about this as prevention of Lyme disease is by far the best treatment for this potentially devastating illness.CC.
The incidence of Lyme disease is up 60% in Nova Scotia. This is a very very serious health problem. Undetected and undiagnosed, Lyme disease causes multiple problems and makes people dependent on the health system for life. We can prevent this so easily with this clothing.
Forty years ago I first ran into ticks in Buzzards Bay, Mass. It was twenty years later that I first heard of them in the Atlantic provinces. Today, they seem to be everywhere and a big nuisance. During the summer months my employer hires a fair number of student help to augment my full time grouindskeepers. Keeping the ticks at bay is an everyday necessity and almost impossible. If this product were available to us as a deterent to getting deseases it would be welcome
Lyme Disease Prevention clothing is a necessity and permethrin treated clothing helps to fight it!!
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The regulators finally gave us the green light for access to permethrin-treated clothing. I am drained from this fight but incredibly grateful that we did this together. Take a moment to breathe because now our children have a real layer of protection against these ticks.
March 1, 2018
Final supporters
Appropriately used, permethrin-treated clothing is a key tool and a safe tool for preventing bites from ticks carrying lyme disease, especially in children. The ticks and the disease are on the move and children playing in nature are the most vulnerable. In Canada, we do not have access to permethrin products for spraying clothing, or permethrin-treated clothing because such uses have not been approved by our federal Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency. Please support this effort to put pressure on politicians and health officials to give us access to these products. View More Info about this topic at: www.versicolor.ca/noticks
Updates
January 20, 2018
We just hit 250 signatures. It is exhausting to keep pushing when the bureaucracy stays silent but seeing this many people recognize the risk makes the struggle feel worth it.
Reached 250 supporters
January 18, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
July 14, 2014
134 Comments
Only noticed this site today,....with outbreaks of lyme disease in Lunenburg county, NS, permethrin is an acceptable solution in helping reduce this disease. While we are used to the dog/wood tick, the much smaller deer tick is often very difficult to see in the larval, nymph stages. Problem is increasing.
If permethrin-impregnated clothing is fine for Canadians to use overseas and for the US and Cdn militaries to use, why can`t the product be sold in Canada. In the interim, I`ll spray my clothing with a permethrin insecticide.
Allow the use. After 4 bites this season so far, I use commercial permethrin to treat my clothing now, it would be great if we could actully have the proper products instead of coating my clothes with commercial products used to deal with home barns and farms.
I live in Fall River and have pulled several ticks from my Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever in the past 2 weeks. One Tick I brought to the vet who id'd it as a black legged tick. Although I can protect the dog with treatment to prevent it, I'd like to protect myself and family. This clothing would be great if it were available.
It makes no sense for Health Canada to recommend this preventive measure outside Canada but not within Canada.As a physician I wonder about this as prevention of Lyme disease is by far the best treatment for this potentially devastating illness.CC.
The incidence of Lyme disease is up 60% in Nova Scotia. This is a very very serious health problem. Undetected and undiagnosed, Lyme disease causes multiple problems and makes people dependent on the health system for life. We can prevent this so easily with this clothing.
Forty years ago I first ran into ticks in Buzzards Bay, Mass. It was twenty years later that I first heard of them in the Atlantic provinces. Today, they seem to be everywhere and a big nuisance. During the summer months my employer hires a fair number of student help to augment my full time grouindskeepers. Keeping the ticks at bay is an everyday necessity and almost impossible. If this product were available to us as a deterent to getting deseases it would be welcome
Lyme Disease Prevention clothing is a necessity and permethrin treated clothing helps to fight it!!
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Only noticed this site today,....with outbreaks of lyme disease in Lunenburg county, NS, permethrin is an acceptable solution in helping reduce this disease. While we are used to the dog/wood tick, the much smaller deer tick is often very difficult to see in the larval, nymph stages. Problem is increasing.