Sentences with phrase «as a repellent»

The stigma of run down trailer parks with high crime acts as a repellent for both investors and potential residents alike, but in most cases this couldn't be further from the truth.

As repellent as Stalin's Leninist morality of revolution was, the tacit acquiescence in this mass artificial famine by Western reporters who knew what was afoot in Ukraine — but wrote nothing about it, so as not to jeopardize their Kremlin sources and their cushy lifestyles in Moscow — was equally revolting.

These are generally non-toxic and biodegradable, and can work outside as repellents for cat urine on the porch, as well as keeping cats away from your property entirely.

However, they're not nearly as effective as repellents that use DEET & picaridin, and you have to keep in mind that they have to be applied liberally and well; you can't miss any areas, or the mosquitoes will find it.

Use as a repellent spray on your dog's skin.

After activation, consumers can simply hang the pouch on a tree and leave it alone as the repellent is released over the course of fifteen days.

To aid with training, there are tools, such as repellent sprays that last up to 24 hours, as well as bitter - tasting sprays that inhibit pets from chewing, licking, nibbling and clawing your favorite furniture pieces.

Essential oils are extremely potent, so it's critical to take caution when using any kind of essential oil as a repellent on your skin.

There are also flea collars that work as repellents.

However, they are useful as a repellent for roaches, mice, and other vermin.

Dr. Waxman says editors recommended the article because «outside experts called the work an interesting set of experiments that provides insights into how high pH is detected as a repellent stimulus by the sensory system.»

However, Dr Heng points out that although garlic is anti-parasitic and antibacterial in nature, it serves more as a repellent than a cure.

To prevent bites, manufacturers add to the pesticide such substance as the repellent.

There are several commonly recommended natural solutions that don't require the use of a product specifically marketed as a repellent.

Spray - on antiperspirants can be sprayed on the furniture as a repellent.

Also the Desmodium smells and acts as a repellent pushing away the stem - borer moth.

Ethyl pyruvate substantially reduced the mosquitoes» attraction toward a human arm, in effect acting as a repellent.

In our recent study in which resistant heartworms were used, all of the dogs that received only the preventive were infected and the overall heartworm burden in these dogs was reduced by only 59 percent, while the combination of preventive plus Vectra 3D was 98.5 percent effective as a repellent (anti-feeding effect) and 100 percent effective in preventing infection.

Anything that isn't safe for your cat to ingest shouldn't be used as a repellent.

And number three, as a repellent it keeps mosquitoes from entering the houses to a greater degree than any other chemical that we know of.»

L - glutamine benefits include acting as a protector: coating your cell walls and acting as a repellent to irritants.

Although it has been proven to be effective as a repellent it also comes with some ill health effects.

As repellent and repellently opportunistic a piece of work as the various shock - horror provocations (The Isle, The Coast Guard) that helped to launch this worrisome career (Kim Ki - Duk).

Because it uses elements found in nature, it's important to note this acts as a repellent and not as a treatment.

Check how your dog reacts to citrus before you try it as a repellent: While many dogs are repulsed by it, some aren't.

While some collars offer the ability to act as both a repellent and a treatment, others do not.

Garlic is believed to decrease an animal's flea infestation by changing the taste and smell of their skin, thus acting as a repellent.

Mothballs and naphthalene flakes are poisonous to cats and using them as a repellent could result in death.

Using plants to repel fleas and bathing with flea and tick shampoos can act as both a repellent and killing infestation that have started.

Samaras's photographs can be as repellent as they are beautiful, a contradiction in which Sherman has also been known to revel.

Two bodies of work combine, one providing a moment for self - reflection while the other acts as a repellent.