Walter T. Weller wrote:
>
> On Sat, 24 May 1997 21:52:08 -0700 Vince Coppola <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
> >Walter T. Weller wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Is there any reliable information that fluvalinate has adverse
> >effects on
> >> humans, in the quantities likely to be absorbed by the honey?
> >>
> >> I strongly doubt it.  If this were a real hazard, the FDA would
> >never
> >> have approved fluvalinate for uncontrolled use by beekeepers.  Some
> >of us
> >> idiots would surely "misuse" the material, and the Feds wouldn't
> >accept
> >> this possibility if there were any real risk.
> >
> >        Fluvalinate is hardly approved for uncontrolled use. It is
> >only approved
> >to be used according to the directions on the label just like other ag
> >chemicals.
> >Supposedly beekeepers can be trusted to use this material properly.
>
> Hi, Vince.  Thanks for the note.
>
> Let's get real, shall we?  Don't you think that if the FDA were as
> trusting as you seem to suppose, we would surely have more acaricides
> approved for our trusted "controlled" use than just fluvalinate alone?
>
> And this is not the same situation as the use of commercial agricultural
> pesticides with proven harmful effects, nor of prescription drugs either.
>  In each of those cases, a trained and licensed applicator is "trusted"
> with the deployment of the stuff in a proper manner, subject to loss of
> license and other penalties for misuse.  If fluvalinate were indeed
> harmful to humans, we would assuredly have to call in licensed
> applicators to put strips in our hives and to take them out again.  Have
> you tried to treat your termites yourself?  Try to get the stuff to kill
> them with -- the good stuff that the Orkin man uses.
>
> Do you have any solid information on the subject, one way or the other?
> That's what I'm asking for.
>
> I don't, and can't find any.
>
> I'm being forced to the conclusion that fluvalinate is probably as
> harmful to humans as it is to bees -- that is, not at all.  If the FDA
> thought otherwise fluvalinate would not have been released for us amateur
> hobbyists to put into beehives.
>
 
HA! The FDA? hehe. ALL chemical pesticides are potentially harmful to
humans. Remember DDT? My uncle used it like water. What is safe today
will be unsafe 10 years from now. ALL the pesticides from the 50's are
banned in the US today. They were deemed safe then. Just be careful.
>
>
> Walter
 
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