> Trasylol® administration may cause fatal anaphylactic or anaphylactoid
reactions. Fatal reactions have occurred with an initial (test) dose as well
as with any of the components of the dose regimen. Fatal reactions have also
occurred in situations where the initial (test) dose was tolerated.

In other words, some people have fatal allergic reactions. As a sufferer
from peanut allergy, I sympathize with the threat of sudden death from a
substance tolerated by most people. I don't expect the world to ban peanuts
any time soon. I don't expect to be awarded a million dollars by Planters,
either. 

As beekeepers, we all are aware of the danger of anaphylactic shock. Any one
of us could develop bee sting allergy at any time, or be implicated in the
accidental death of a family member or neighbor. 

Because Bayer or anyone else sells a product that kills people, doesn't mean
that all the products they sell kill people. Most useful and powerful drugs
have side effects and some are fatal. Does the benefit outweigh the risk? 

Risk/benefit analysis must be applied to everything we do. Again,
imidachloprid is safer for applicators, safer than organophosphates, and
farmers use pesticides to save their crops. No pesticides is safer than
pesticides but if no pesticide means no harvest, what are you gonna do?

pb

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