Re: Pyrethrum

Paul Seymour (paulseym@ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 13 Feb 1996 09:40:14 +1000

>Pyrethrum was one of the first natural insecticides and is almost
>completely non-toxic to man, in fact I'm told you can just about
>eat the stuff raw without suffering any ill effects (you might put
>on weight though, as it's a sort of carbohydrate:-))

I don't know about raw, but mixed up the stuff is pretty toxic. I
recently hired a cylinder of the stuff to fumigate my house. Even
wearing a gas mask I was rather ill by the time I had finished.

Regards,
Paul.