For several years now the media has reported an insidious invader spreading across our country. They have deemed this invader “super lice.” In truth, the only thing super about these lice is that they have become resistant to pyrethroid, a type of pesticide used in...
Jesse's Project was developed to protect children with serious illness from unnecessary exposure to potentially harmful chemicals contained in pesticidal head lice treatments and lice sprays. Children of any age or size are vulnerable to pesticides, and none are more at risk than the growing number...
Many school districts around the country adhere to a strict zero-tolerance or “no nit” policy when lice and their nits are found to be present in the heads of even a few students. At this point, many of these schools encourage families with children who...
Dear Amy, I tried to express the problem and the solution without making it seem schools are cesspools of infestation, even though they can be...
The reason that parents are often shocked when they find lice in their children’s hair is that they think they know all about how these bugs are transmitted. Some parents mistakenly believe that since their child is clean and lice only infest the heads of...
You’ve applied the latest over the counter medication to your scalp and that of your child thinking that’s it. You’ll just wait and presto. Your lice problem will be solved and for a time it is. Then months, weeks or even days later those nits...
Finding head lice in the hair is a more daunting task than some people might imagine. They are very tiny and do not easily give up their little nesting place – your scalp. However, conducting a thorough search is the first step to ridding yourself...
One of the biggest problems with traditional head lice treatments is that they, inadvertently, end up creating generations of stronger lice that are resistant to the two commonly used ingredients found in these kinds of medications – Pyrethrin and Permethrin. And this, in a nutshell,...
As the school year returns, more and more stories of head lice outbreaks are bound to start popping up in the media causing parents to be gravely concerned and in some cases panicked about their children’s well being. The problem is that the media sometimes...
