Re: Pesticides & the Environment

Stephen McFadden (samcfadd@netcom.com)
Sat, 25 Nov 1995 19:29:33 -0800

Ah, yes, Aldicarb. With a rat to housefly LD50 ratio of .175!

(DDT is over 400; Malathion is about 36; and ethyl parathion is about 4)

No, it's not really short-lived; it's a plant systemic and it
is long-lived enough to cause groundwater problems. And they
made several hundred people sick by planting watermelons in
former potato fields.

Stephen A. McFadden samcfadd@ndtcom.com