HUGE NEWS: The Insect Defend Patch has finally received full approval from Health Canada!!

Hello Everyone,

WE HAVE REALLY BIG NEWS.....

Tuesday Nov. 27th will go down in history as a milestone day for this amazing product.

The Insect Defend Patch has finally received full approval from Health Canada!!!!!! We were issued our Natural Health Product number yesterday afternoon. We are now also known as NPN # 80037826.

We have been operating for over 5 years with an exemption number awaiting full approval. After a full review of our field test results and safety protocols, Health Canada has seen fit to finally give us the green light.

This is a huge breakthrough, to our knowledge we are the first and only Natural Health Product approved by Heath Canada PROVEN to help reduce mosquito bites. HC is well known as being one of the most stringent health organizations in the entire world. To finally receive their backing saying we DO have a positive effect in reducing mosquito bites proves what we have been saying all along.

What you don't know about ‘citronella-based personal insect repellents’

Why aren't citronella wrist bands available in Canada?
Because no one has been able to satisfy Health Canada that they are actually safe...
Below is more information on Health Canada's reasoning behind this.

 

 
Citronella is an essential oil obtained from various species of lemongrass, where the leaves and stems are dried out and the oil is extracted. It can grow up to 1.5m and is grown in Sri Lanka, India, Burma and Indonesia. Also, it is related to the lemon grasses used in Southeast Asian cooking.

Health Canada reviewed the information available on ‘citronella-based personal insect repellents’ that get applied directly to the skin, in 2004. They found that there was a not a lot of safety data that supported the products continued registration, but Health Canada did not find any impending health risks. The product is allowed to stay on the market until a final decision is made.   

West Nile Virus

A little but about West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a virus that is transmitted through mosquito's and can become an infectious disease in some people. Being bitten by an infected mosquito is most common in the late summer to early fall months (from the end of July to September), but it is important to remember that not all mosquito's carry the infection. Although it is a very serious virus, it is rare for people to actually become sick from it. The severity of the sickness depends on the person, whether they are old, young, or have a healthy immune system. Symptoms are very rare unless the virus has begun to affect the person’s immune system, then in that case they will begin to see flu like symptoms  but still not feel that under the weather. People over the age of 50 and those with a weaker immune system (for reasons such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, or organ transplants) are at the most risk of getting the infection.