Pyrethrins are safe for mammals so long as they are not ingested. Many excellent flea and tick baths for dogs and cats contain them.
Joel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nicola Cataldo Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:47 AM To: Framingham Neighbors Subject: Re: Mosquito control I'm afraid there will be no 30-second solution here. You will not get a solid "Safe" or a solid "Deadly" from any toxicologist in his right mind. The toxicity of pyrethrins has been long debated with plenty of muscle in each camp. Just as there was for Dursban and chlordane and DDT. I'm afraid you will each have to take the time to get informed and make your own decision. My personal experience with pyrethrins, as a life member of New England Herpetological Society is that it was occassionally used to treat mite infestations in snakes and lizards by novice keepers. It generally leaves them dead. These are not invertebrates we are talking about here. Here is the website for the agency doing the spraying here in Framingham. They call resmethrin, "slightly toxic." http://www.framinghamma.org/web/pages/mosquito_control.htm Nicola Cataldo To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe frambors" (the subject is ignored). To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe frambors" (the subject is ignored).
