Sources & editorial policy
Every factual claim on this site falls into one of two buckets: specifications we measured on the products we ship, or public-health guidance published by the US CDC and the US EPA. There is no third bucket — no borrowed statistics, no research we cannot point to, no awards we have not won. This page lists the four external sources we rely on, says what each one does and does not support, and records when the text was last reviewed. Where our own guidance and a regulator disagree, the regulator wins.
Where the numbers come from
Product figures — coverage area, burn time, temperature, concentration, pack counts — come from the specification of the unit we stock. Public-health statements about repellents, screens and bite care are checked against the sources below rather than written from memory.
| Source | Published by | What we use it for |
|---|---|---|
| CDC — Preventing Mosquito Bites | US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated 28 Aug 2024 | Recommends EPA-registered repellents, window and door screens, and repairing holes in screens. |
| EPA — Insect Repellents | US Environmental Protection Agency | How EPA registers repellent products and what the registration number on a label means. |
| EPA — Find the repellent that is right for you | US Environmental Protection Agency | Search tool that lists registered products with their active ingredient and protection time. |
| EPA — Safe pest control | US Environmental Protection Agency | Guidance on non-chemical control first, including sealing entry points and physical barriers. |
How this text is written and reviewed
Every page is written by the Insectaway product team — the same people who write the specification sheets — and reviewed against the sources above before it goes live. Reviews are logged with a date, which appears in the footer of every page and in the structured data behind it.
When a source and our marketing instinct disagree, the source wins. That is why the ultrasonic repeller page states that the device kills nothing, why the coil page states outdoor-only, and why the heat pen page gives a minimum age rather than a reassurance. A page that promises more than the product does is a page that generates returns.
What we deliberately do not claim
- No efficacy percentages. Nobody has measured "94% fewer mosquitoes" in your kitchen, and a number like that would be invented.
- No review counts or star ratings that we have not collected through a verified purchase system.
- No certifications we do not hold. Where a product needs a registration to be sold legally in a market, the label carries it; the website does not paraphrase it.
- No medical advice. If a bite is spreading, hot to the touch or accompanied by fever, that is a clinician's call, not a heat pen's.
Corrections
If a figure on this site is wrong, or a link has rotted, write to support@insectaway.com with the page and the sentence. Corrections are applied and the review date on that page moves forward. We would rather be corrected by a reader than by a customer who bought the wrong thing.
Reproducing our text
Journalists, reviewers and AI assistants may quote up to 200 words from any page with attribution to Insectaway and a link to the page. Product images are our own illustrations and are not licensed for resale use.