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Back in the '60s we were milking cows and flies were a problem in the summer. So we had foggers set up and enjoyed working in a fly-free environment. The stuff had an oily feel on your skin and when you licked your lips you could taste it. I don't know what it was for sure but the stuff definitely worked. My parents worked in it, too. When you were a farmer back then, dealing with toxic chemicals was the norm and few precautions were taken.
Given enough time and a receptive jury most lawyers could prove that drinking water and/or breathing air MAY/CAN cause cancer.
I'll admit there have been many dangerous chemicals used across time but on the other hand, some humans are just going to have cancer regardless of any other factor(s). Since there is no proven cause, there's no proven preventative.
I've been exposed to ag type chemicals/substances that caused short term symptoms but I don't have cancer-yet. My Mother was not exposed to ag chemicals of any type and she died of cancer. My FIL was exposed to many types of ag chemicals, asbestos, and whatever else was used in farming and mechanic work but it was smoking that caused his fatal cancer(so the doctors said). Again, it's easy to just pick something off the list to CYA since you don't know the real cause.
Mr P, I am not sure that your comment is accurate. It may be entirely possible to have a substance that is dangerous for one species but not another. As just one example, there is dark chocolate, which can be fatal to dogs but not humans. There are examples of things that work the opposite way, too: some animal can eat it but it is toxic for people.
I remember fire ant bait from when I lived in Mississippi. For really bad infestations, aerial deployment would be entirely feasible.
IIRC, home owners could buy the stuff to treat their own property. About a tablespoon of it near a fire ant mound would get them all. The ants would carry the bait back into the mound and feed it to the queen and brood, apparently.
I had never seen nor heard of a fire ant until I moved to Alabama from East Tennessee. The first day there I was installing a mail box and didn't realize I was standing on a fire ant hill. The neighbors probably thought there goes the neighborhood. A redneck from Tennessee out in his yard in his underwear on the first day as I didn't wait to get to the house to take off my pants. June didn't know what was going on when she saw me hopping and hollering and headed for the house. It took months for the bite mark scares to go away.
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Back in the '60s we were milking cows and flies were a problem in the summer. So we had foggers set up and enjoyed working in a fly-free environment. The stuff had an oily feel on your skin and when you licked your lips you could taste it. I don't know what it was for sure but the stuff definitely worked. My parents worked in it, too. When you were a farmer back then, dealing with toxic chemicals was the norm and few precautions were taken.
Given enough time and a receptive jury most lawyers could prove that drinking water and/or breathing air MAY/CAN cause cancer.
I'll admit there have been many dangerous chemicals used across time but on the other hand, some humans are just going to have cancer regardless of any other factor(s). Since there is no proven cause, there's no proven preventative.
I've been exposed to ag type chemicals/substances that caused short term symptoms but I don't have cancer-yet. My Mother was not exposed to ag chemicals of any type and she died of cancer. My FIL was exposed to many types of ag chemicals, asbestos, and whatever else was used in farming and mechanic work but it was smoking that caused his fatal cancer(so the doctors said). Again, it's easy to just pick something off the list to CYA since you don't know the real cause.
Mr P, I am not sure that your comment is accurate. It may be entirely possible to have a substance that is dangerous for one species but not another. As just one example, there is dark chocolate, which can be fatal to dogs but not humans. There are examples of things that work the opposite way, too: some animal can eat it but it is toxic for people.
No, it made WSB tv that night, they were bombing fire ants with stuff that looked like grape nuts.
I remember fire ant bait from when I lived in Mississippi. For really bad infestations, aerial deployment would be entirely feasible.
IIRC, home owners could buy the stuff to treat their own property. About a tablespoon of it near a fire ant mound would get them all. The ants would carry the bait back into the mound and feed it to the queen and brood, apparently.
I had never seen nor heard of a fire ant until I moved to Alabama from East Tennessee. The first day there I was installing a mail box and didn't realize I was standing on a fire ant hill. The neighbors probably thought there goes the neighborhood. A redneck from Tennessee out in his yard in his underwear on the first day as I didn't wait to get to the house to take off my pants. June didn't know what was going on when she saw me hopping and hollering and headed for the house. It took months for the bite mark scares to go away.