Dry permethrin-treated clothes before they're completely dry?

My 2 cents: Use the drier. But you might want to wash the drier afterwards otherwise you get insecticide on your other clothes.

Probably will, thanks Bruce.

What Bruce said, but use the dryer on the lowest setting.

— Rex

So what if it gets on your dryer? Since its used to treat scabies and lice and is rated safe for children over 2 months and pregnant women its not much of a health risk. Furthermore the topical treatments are 10x stronger than our clothes treatment at 5%.  You should be much more worried about compromising your protection from ticks than permethrin exposure-

Permethrin has little systemic absorption, and is considered safe for topical use in adults and children over the age of 2 months. The FDA has assigned it as pregnancy category B. Animal studies have shown no effects on fertility or teratogenicity, but studies in humans have not been performed. The excretion of permethrin in breastmilk is unknown, and breastfeeding is recommended to be temporarily discontinued during treatment.<sup id=”cite_ref-Package_Label_11-1″ class=”reference”>[11]</sup>

According to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, permethrin “has low mammalian toxicity, is poorly absorbed through the skin, and is rapidly inactivated by the body. Skin reactions have been uncommon

This is always what I have wondered, given the fact it’s used to spray directly one livestock and pets (dogs anyway).  I’ve always wondered the dire warnings on the bottles about not getting it on your skin in its liquid form.  I buy it in bulk and treat all my stuff – I’ve never found a tick while hiking in Northern MN or my annual trips to the Rockies.