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Jun292009

Leech Prevention

DateMonday, June 29, 2009 at 10:46AM

Kachin villagers in northern Myanmar use black tobacco and plastic string to keep the leeches away when working in the forest during the rainy season. No idea how effective this is.  [NOTE: I had decidedly mixed results with the imported leech socks that I bought in Tanai.]  

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