DO NOT use "miracle ant chalk")

From: Krzysztof Kozminski kk at kozminski.com> on 2002.01.28 at 22:15:33(8086) My apologies to anyone offended by the words "homicidal" and "stupid" in my recent email to this list. In retrospect, I should've skipped my emotional response, and just let everyone judge the facts. Speaking of facts, since a question arose as to whether pyrethroids were responsible for any fatalities, here's a relevant quote from http://www.igc.org/panna/resources/_pestis/PESTIS.1996.14.html: "In the five years (1983-1988) after pyrethroids began to be used in China, 573 cases (299 occupational and 344 accidental) of acute pyrethroid poisoning were reported. Of those, five resulted in death. At the time the study was published, only one other case of fatal pyrethroid (cypermethrin) poisoning had ever been reported in the literature." +More Note that cypermethrin is one of the ingredients found in the insecticidal chalk. KK ==================== "Microsoft is to software what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking" Krzysztof Kozminski kk@kozminski.com http://www.kozminski.com/

Note: this is a very old post, so no reply function is available.