... is that they incubate on the head!

I cannot believe that I'm reading another scare tactic of a news release about head lice incubating on plane seats and train seats. For goodness sakes!

While it is true that head lice can fall off a human head and land on a seat to be picked up by the next person that sits there, the chances of this are very low. Head lice transfer from head to head which is why they spread within families and between children who play and work closely together in a school, daycare of camp setting.

Incubation can refer to the maturing of the lice egg but lice eggs are ONLY laid on the human hair close to the scalp where the environment is moist and warm. Lice don't lay eggs on anything other than human hair -- and amazingly enough, hair on the head rather than any other part of the body.

So - don't believe the scare tactics you read. There's enough paranoia in the world about germs and bugs without worrying about picking up a bug from a mode of public transportation. For the FACTS, call the Lice Squad or visit www.licesquad.com