I only wish you were right Lloyd, Oxalic acid may be 'permitted' in some 
countries, but it is not registered as a medicament in the EU.

If you have any definite information regarding it legal use in the EU, I 
would appreciate your sharing it with us so that the Irish authorities might 
permit its use.

Ruary
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Spear" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> In most (or all) of Europe, where it is not legal to use fluvalinate,
> coumaphous, tylosin, and other dangerous chemicals that are perfectly 
> legal
> to use in US beehives, Oxalic Acid has been extensively tested and is
> perfectly legal to use.  Moreover, it is a natural component of honey. 
> Any
> statement that promoting its use in the US is a "cavalier attitude" is 
> just
> wrong *WRONG*.

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