[NatureNS] Ticks Out - the Permethrin Option

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From: Mary Macaulay <Marymacaulay@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 22:14:47 -0300
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There are all kinds of law suits past & pending from airline personnel suffering health effects from this practise. My beef isn't with the human health effects however. I'll leave those arguments to others. I'm against them because of their toxicity to innocent invertebrate bystanders.

With kindest regards
Mary (Macaulay)
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> On May 5, 2014, at 9:57 PM, Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> wrote:
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> Several countries require incoming aircraft to spray insecticide before takeoff to inhibit the importation of insects that could carry disease or damage crops.
> 
> Westjet apparently uses "Permethrin #216, an insecticide approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) for application onboard commercial aircraft. According to the WHO, short-term exposure when spraying this insecticide has not been found to cause any adverse health effects."
> 
> Doug Linzey

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