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A 6% oil formulation from the catnip plant repels malaria-carrying mosquitoes just as effectively as commercial DEET. Researchers from Uganda and Wales proved it. The active ingredient is nepetalactone. That is the exact same chemical that makes cats euphoric. But the real breakthrough here is economic. Commercial bug spray prices out the subsistence farmers most at risk of the disease. Catnip can be grown, processed into lotion, and sold entirely by local rural communities. A cheap, homegrown barrier against a global killer. The only catch researchers noted was purely theoretical. You might suddenly become very popular with the neighborhood strays.