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Index of Subjects --089e011827b680fae904de51a0e7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Permethrin is very toxic to cats, do not use this product around cats Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net Find us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/134671693239334> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:46 PM, <ulli@dunlin.ca> wrote: > Hit the send button a bit to quick > > > Please: Do not use the animal stuff to spray your clothing. It will > likely not stick to well on the > fabric in the first placem as the solvents are different even if the > active ingredients are the > same. > > My point is that it is already widely used in Canada for years on pets and > lifestock, and in the > process also exposing their owners to a certain degree to it, so why not > for treating fabrics? > > It is a toxin and not a repellent, often marketed as of plant, i.e. > biological origin but still toxic, > but in the end it comes down to risk assessment. On one side the small > but very real > chance to catch some nasty infection from a bug bite (lyme, menengitis, > malaria, dengue > fever ....) on the other side the minute chance of direct contact with an > agent with > presumably low toxicity for mammals. I know what my pick is! After all > DEET is also not > exactly a skin care product but I take it hands down overeven a single > black fly bite. > > Ulli > --089e011827b680fae904de51a0e7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Permethrin is very toxic to cats, do not use this product = around cats</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir= =3D"ltr">Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<= br>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0<br> 902-893-0253<br><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bi= rdvet@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net" target=3D"_blank">= www.cwrc.net</a><div><div>Find us on <a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/pa= ges/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/134671693239334" target=3D"_bla= nk">Facebook</a>=A0and <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife" targ= et=3D"_blank">Twitter</a></div> </div></div></div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:46 PM, <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ulli@dunlin.ca" target=3D"_blank">ulli@du= nlin.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D= "margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hit the send button a bit to quick<br> <br> <br> Please: Do not use the animal stuff to spray your clothing. =A0It will like= ly not stick to well on the<br> fabric in the first placem as the solvents are different even if the active= ingredients are the<br> same.<br> <br> My point is that it is already widely used in Canada for years on pets and = lifestock, and in the<br> process also exposing their owners to a certain degree to it, so why not fo= r treating fabrics?<br> <br> It is a toxin and not a repellent, often marketed as of plant, i.e. biologi= cal origin but still toxic,<br> but in the end it comes down to risk assessment. =A0On one side the small b= ut very real<br> chance to catch some nasty infection from a bug bite (lyme, menengitis, mal= aria, dengue<br> fever ....) on the other side the minute chance of direct contact with an a= gent with<br> presumably low toxicity for mammals. =A0 I know what my pick is! =A0After a= ll DEET is also not<br> exactly a skin care product but I take it hands down overeven a single blac= k fly bite.<br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Ulli<br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --089e011827b680fae904de51a0e7--
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