Fumex- An Insect Repellent Device

In term of disease transmission and public health importance mosquito are considered as very important group of insects. Population of mosquito’s increases exponentially that is huge problem for many countries because mosquito spread the filarial, encephalitis, malaria, Yellow fever, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, Lyme disease and epidemic poly-arthritis. For effective control of these diseases, therefore, there is need to prevent individual from mosquito bites. The effective and safe method is the use of mosquito repellents. Also, mosquitoes control and personal protection from mosquito's bites is one of the serious ways for preventing of contagious diseases distribution. The currently available mosquito repellents are not meant to be use for community buildings like school, government offices, and hospitals. The available products like mosquito coil are harmful for children and pregnant women due to the smoke it produce. There are mosquito creams but they are not suitable for all as some people are allergic to creams as they contained synthetic repellents such as Organo Phosphorus Carbamate, N, N-Diethyl-3methylbenzamide (DEET) which is banned in some countries, and Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT) which are harmful, carcinogenic and non-eco-friendly. So, it is better to use the repellants which are medicinal plants based and also several studies shows the repellency of these plant based repellents is comparable to the synthetic one. The present study demonstrates the potential for using essential oils from medicinal plants as mosquito repellent. Then there are products like “All Out� or “Good Night� which are used widely but these products do not cover large area like school buildings, offices and hospitals. In these types of public places, where cleanliness and hygiene are not maintained properly, chances of spreading diseases like dengue and malaria are more. In this research paper, we are designing a type of repellant device which can be used in public places and also economical, environment friendly and uses only natural resources herbal repellants oil to protect society against diseases like dengue and malaria. The use of this device is of great importance as far as public health is concerned.