[TheForge] Permethrin

[Bruce .]

...and if you're wondering why I willingly use such a pesticide, look up
the symptoms of tick-borne and mosquito-borne diseases currently rampant in
the USA.

We each make our own choices, and I choose the slight risk from permethrin
as opposed to the severe risks from these several diseases, etc.

Diseases are like DNA-coded poisons that zero in on you and do you dirty.
Poisons are completely non-specific and their risk to you can be minimized
with due care.  (Keep permethrin solutions OFF your skin.  Wear a
respirator if spraying them.)

Bruce
NJ

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Paul M Dunphy <paul73 at ve1dx.net> wrote:

> "Permethrin does not present any notable genotoxicity or immunotoxicity in
> humans and farm animals, but is classified by the EPA as a likely human
> carcinogen, based on reproducible studies in which mice fed permethrin
> developed liver and lung tumors."
>
> Reference: <https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/reg_actions/
> reregistration/fs_PC-109701_1-Jun-06.pdf>
>
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> - Paul
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