Re: (ET) ET- winter storage

[Tom G <wavetech superlink com>]

Problem with moth balls is the active ingredients
Naphthalene  and  Paradichlorobenzene and the related health effects
(Cancer one of them)
below is a cut and paste from a web page but there is a lot more scientific
info out there.

tom

> Moth Balls Are Toxic To Adults And Children 
>
>: Mothballs : Perhaps the best-known of the folk remedies. What many
people don't realize is that mothballs are an insecticide that
>has its use regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. It is
illegal by federal law to use a pesticide except as labelled.
>Moth Balls are not labelled for squirrels. 
>
>: To use moth balls correctly, (that is, for moths) you will need to
enclose your clothing items in a garment bag, with the moth balls
>ON TOP, as the vapors are heavier than air. This is why you don't want to
use this material in your attic. 
>
>: 
>: "The active ingredients are very volatile and evaporate in a short time
-- a matter of minutes or hours at the most," Loven says.
>"Plus, the chemicals used in them are carcinogenic. We don't want them out
and about where they can do damage to the
>environment or get into the ground water. You certainly don't want to use
them where there are kids or pets." 
>
>: 
>: Mothballs pose a danger to anyone downwind of the fumes. Long term
exposure is acutely and chronically toxic to
>warm-blooded animals. That's you and me. The chemical used in moth balls
has serious health effects. Worse than most of the
>chemicals we use on a daily basis. 
>
>: Napthalene is the active ingredient and it is a double benzene ring.
Benzene is the active ingredient in gasoline.
>
>: ACUTE TOXICITY 
>: Acute (short-term) exposure of humans to naphthalene by inhalation,
ingestion, and dermal contact is associated with hemolytic
>anemia, damage to the kidneys, and, in infants, brain damage. Symptoms of
acute exposure include headache, nausea, vomiting,
>diarrhea, malaise, confusion, anemia, jaundice, convulsions, and coma.
Cataracts have also been reported in workers acutely
>exposed to naphthalene by inhalation and ingestion (US EPA). 


At 07:27 PM 2/4/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>The best thing I have found is moth balls(the big ones, moths don't like
>giving up there own).  Mice don't like the smell.  I use them in the shed
>after having a few life jackets chewed up.  No signs of them sence the
>moth balls were put in..
>
>
>Tim 
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>On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, David Roden (Akron OH USA) wrote:
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>> On 3 Feb 2001, at 22:07, Tom G wrote:
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>> > I wonder if one of those ultrasonic pest repellers would keep the mice
>> > out.
>> > 
>> 
>> We have two of them in the chicken coop here, and the mice think 
>> they're 
>> boom boxes.  They come on in and party all night long.  <g>
>> 
>> Seriously, the ultrasonic noisemakers may work in some situations, but 
>> they haven't worked for us at all.  Traps have been fairly successful 
>> with mice, but not with rats.
>> 
>> 
>> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
>> 1991 Solectria Force 144vac
>> 1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
>> 1979 General Engines ElectroPed 24vdc
>> 1974 Honda Civic EV 96vdc
>> 1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
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