Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:06:21 -0600 From: Todd Wuest <groovy19@mail.tds.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg761$foo@default> Subject: Pest strips
sorry if this is a duplicate but a message i sent yesterday on this
subject didn't make it into the following list, anyway on No Pest
strips. of all chemical nasties this is probably the last one that i'd
use, it's active ingredient is dichlorvos(2.2 dichlorovinyl ...).
Dichlorvos is carcinogenic, mutagenic, pretty toxic, recently made
illegal in many formulations, including your pest strip, in california,
and the active ingredient is intended to be released into the
surroundings in order to be effective. Speaking of effectiveness, it
isn't very effective against many bugs it's intended to kill, results
vary, but compared to many much safer chemicals on the market its record
against bugs isn't much to speak of (however its has directly caused
several deaths in humans). oddly enough the most effective pesticide
spray available to the average consumer in the US is also the safest
true pesticide i know of, it's called Bayer advanced garden control and
contains cyfluthrin and imidacloprid(the active ingredient in Advantage,
a flea treatment used a lot here in the US). both are very, very toxic
to bugs and very safe to humans, being neither carcinogenic, mutagenic,
and having a low acute toxicity.
P.S. to Sundew Sundew- i sent you an email last week wondering if you'd
be interested in selling a couple of plants on your grow list, i assume
you didn't recognize the name and deleted it anyway, are d. prolifera,
d. schizandra, g. aurea, g. hispidula, or p. emarginata up for sale or
trade.
thanks
todd wuest
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