Agreed - Old Vapona strips produced that very distinctive staining -- only too familiar with it. Thanks for identifying the chemical breakdown - I was always curious - but pulled off on the next emergency before checking on it! Gretchen
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cahawks Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Handle with care. The brown stain is a result of the phosphoric acid exuded by the strip. Cathy -----Original Message----- From: Del Re, Christine <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 2:54 pm Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Used to be called a "No Pest Strip" in the good old days.................. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?> ] On Behalf Of Del Re, Christine Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:52 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Agreed. That is an old DDVP pest strip - we still have some buried in our rather inaccessible light fixtures here................... From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?> ] On Behalf Of [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 1:50 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package John - From the stains at the bottom of the white cardboard, it appears to be an old DDVP (Vapona) resin strip in an enclosure. It's very old and no longer volatilizing the pesticide, dichlorvos, into the air. It can be safely discarded into the regular trash. Thomas A. Parker, PhD President, Entomologist Pest Control Services, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: John E Simmons <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: pestlist <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 2:14 pm Subject: [pestlist] ID of pesticide package Can anyone help identify the pesticide likely to be in the package shown in the attached image? Thanks, John John E. Simmons Museologica 128 E. Burnside Street Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 303-681-5708 www.museologica.com <http://www.museologica.com/> and Adjunct Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania = The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender.
