Thermocol and mosquito menace I was reading the "TIC" (Tongue in Cheek) by Cecil Pinto and the word 'Thermocol' hit me that I thought of sharing something about it. This may be helpful to many.
POLYSTYRENE is the correct name. The word or term Thermocol does not exist or may be a brand in India some time probably derived from Thermos. Styrofoam is the trade name for the same owned by Dow Chemical Company in the USA and as a very popular brand just like we have Cadbury and Colgate. Styrene is a petroleum by-product, is the primary raw material from which polystyrene is made. Polystyrene foam products are 95 percent air and only five percent polystyrene. For those who like to know more on the same visit http://www.polystyrene.org/ Anyway it will always be called Thermocol in India. You also get crockery items made of it besides packing. AND most popular of all is the Confetti balls, in various colors that get into the centre piece at every reception. The other close cousin is PUF - Poly Urethane Foam. Most thermo ware use it including our refrigerators. Remember Godrej made big banners about using it! So, to cut it short and not deluge into the Science of it, I must say that it is a wonderful and a very cheep product that can keep away breading mosquitoes. Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. Goa has a lot of houses that have their own septic tanks and breed mosquitoes a plenty. The best way to get rid of them is get rid of all the oxygen in the stagnant water. Here is how it can be done Take white polystyrene (thermocol) confetti balls in a large dish, add equal amount of water and heat it till the water boils. The balls will grow a little larger in size. Continue boiling till you see that they cannot grow bigger. Pour the contents over the stagnant water. This must form a cover over the water that is at least an (1) inch over the water. And good bye Mosquitoes. And thank you Discovery channel! Regards Joy Mapusa / Ahmedabad __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html
