{"id":11840,"date":"2025-04-11T21:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11840\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:09:11","slug":"nova-scotia-research-confirms-lemongrass-essential-oil-can-repel-ticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11840\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia research confirms lemongrass essential oil can repel ticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Kathleen McKenna<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted April 11, 2025 5:00 am\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A Nova Scotia researcher has proven that lemongrass essential oil can effectively be used to repel ticks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The finding is especially important in the province, which has seen an increase in black-legged <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ticks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ticks<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the tick that can transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Unfortunately here in Nova Scotia, we have a very big population of black-legged tick and we need to be very careful,\u201d said Dr. Nicoletta Faraone from Acadia University.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>She says essential oils\u2019 biodegradable properties can make them safer for humans and the environment in comparison to synthetic formulas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur study shows us that natural products can be a very great alternative to protect us against tick bites,\u201d said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a repellant does, it masks a tick\u2019s nose and not allow the tick to smell us. This is a good way to understand ticks\u2019 behaviour and this will help us for future studies to select the right repellant and find a good formulation to help advance our protection against tick bites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11125426\/weezer-bassist-wife-jillian-lauren-shriner-shot-police-arrested-attempted-murder\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/weezer-wife-jillian-shriner-arrested-attempted-murder.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWeezer bassist\u2019s wife shot by police, arrested for attempted murder\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11125344\/canada-revenue-agency-website-2024-slips\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/252b77f810649619a3aca24334f07b2a686eeb9c775b4e05472555dc3986b58e_e212f1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFiling your taxes? You might run into this CRA website \u2018issue\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer Cram, a doctor with public health, says tick populations are on the rise not just in Nova Scotia but also across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I can tell you about tick-borne disease in Nova Scotia is that it\u2019s here and it\u2019s here to stay and so what\u2019s really important are those preventative actions because if you are bitten by a black-legged tick, there is a chance you could get that infection,\u201d said Cram.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this story, watch the video above.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Health<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Kathleen McKenna Global News Posted April 11, 2025 5:00 am 1 min read Descrease article font size&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[105,8119,4326,8118,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-11840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-lyme-disease","10":"tag-medication","11":"tag-ticks","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114321382835699375","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}