Except for the documented cases where dogs have inexplicably died from pyrethrin-based treatments. Steve Orr lost one exactly this way while his other dogs fared fine. That's the trouble. This was the case with Dursban also; there were serious unpredicted adverse reactions.
Nicola Cataldo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel A Feingold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nicola Cataldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Framingham Neighbors" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:41 PM Subject: RE: Mosquito control > 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).
