Clothes moths

[Chris J. Durden]

>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:45:06 -0500
>To: Paul Cherubini <paulcher at concentric.net>
>From: "Chris J. Durden" <drdn at mail.utexas.edu>
>Subject: Re: Clothes moths
>In-Reply-To: <376589C1.4A21 at concentric.net>
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>
>  I am talking about 1.8" cubes pinned in 1 or 2 drawers in a cabinet in
which infestation (*Anthrenus*, ant, psocid) has appeared.
>  Different people are affected differently. Some people cannot taste PKU,
others (like myself) cannot smell cyanide. I can smell vapona when a
restaurant is using it, even if the level is low enough that I can detect
if they have active *Blattella germanica* or *Periplaneta americana* and
distinguish between the two. 
>  I just asked if anyone else is bothered by this stuff, as normally used.
I am not attacking the chemical industry! Don't be so sensitive Paul.
>............Chris Durden
>
>At 11:01  14/06/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>Chris J. Durden wrote:
>>> 
>>> Does anyone else find that DDVP/dichlorvos/vapona has an odor,
>>
>>There is virtually no odor when only one strip is used per 1000 cubic
feet of room space 
>>as required by the label directions.
>>
>>> and is a mood altering drug?
>>
>>As is practically any chemical solvent or vapor deliberately concentrated
and inhaled (e.g. 
>>kids sniffing model airplane glue).
>>
>>But when only one strip is used per 1000 cubic feet of room space as
required by the 
>>label directions, the concentration of DDVP in the room space is 100
times below the 
>>established NOEL (No Observable Effect Level) -- a huge safety margin.
>>
>>> It also reacts with some
>>> metal alloys, with a yellow chrome? oxide powder forming. 
>>
>>Not when only one strip is used per 1000 cubic feet of room space as
required by the 
>>label directions. 
>>
>>Paul Cherubini
>>