[TheForge] Permethrin

[Paul M Dunphy]

On 21/06/17 09:49 AM, Bruce . wrote:
> ...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 
> <mailto: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
>     <https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/reg_actions/reregistration/fs_PC-109701_1-Jun-06.pdf>>
>
>     -- 
>     - Paul
>
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>     Paul M Dunphy
>     Lake Echo, Nova Scotia
>
>     https://www.ve1dx.net <--- Weather station
>
>

     It was not my intention to say not to use it, Bruce.  We don't have 
a significant tick problem here in my part of Nova Scotia (yet), but 
there are lots of mosquitoes, etc.  Some are big enough if 3-4 get 
together they can lift an average sized person off the ground and fly 
away with them!

     I would have made the same decision you did.  The results of a tick 
bite are not to be taken lightly.  I was pointing out that Premethrin is 
considered mildly carcinogenic.  We all make decisions daily where we do 
a risk/benefit analysis.  I just threw in the concern about cancer for 
people to consider . . . but as I said, given the circumstances, you 
absolutely are doing the right thing. I think the key word in that line 
I quoted is "likely", and the study was done on mice, not humans.

     I bet that green smoke that comes off coal when first lit is 1000 
times more carcinogenic than Premethrin.

-- 
- Paul

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Paul M Dunphy
Lake Echo, Nova Scotia

https://www.ve1dx.net  <--- Weather station