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Through a combination of two of my hobbies, I learned that pyrethroids are toxic to aquatic animals. Glad to see that they used "locations [that] were situated
by washbasin 3mo ago
Through a combination of two of my hobbies, I learned that pyrethroids are toxic to aquatic animals. Glad to see that they used "locations [that] were situated away from waterbodies".
Pyrethroids are very powerful tools for insect control (and non-toxic to humans) but any place where you have runoff or ground seepage is going to be a problem.
Aren't those places the ones most likely for ticks to thrive -- areas near bodies of water where animals like deer come to drink?
So hot take: this would only be useful in places where there are not a lot of ticks?
(PS: Permethrin-sprayed clothing is very effective.)
- pfdietz 3mo agoThis reminds me I need to respray my tick pants. Thanks.
- MegaDeKay 3mo agoDeer ticks will go after pretty much anything warm blooded: coyotes, mice, dogs, etc etc etc. Proximity to water doesn't seem to factor much either. Where I live, ticks this year are horrendous and everywhere.
- e28eta 3mo agoThey’re also very toxic to cats, which is why dogs & cats have different flea & tick medicines.
- zukzuk 3mo agoAlso bad news if your dog is prone to seizures, as mine was.