Re: hot pepper flakes?

**D*@aol.com**

Moth balls, which somebody mentioned using, can  be dangerous. Strewn 
around the garden, they potentially can harm  not only animals but young children 
who might pick one up. 

The following is from Pawprints last year:

In the past year, the ASPCAâs Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) has 
managed  113 cases of mothball poisoning, and most of those accidents happened 
during the  spring and summer months. According to the APCCâs Dana Farbman, 
CVT, the  ingestion of just one mothball can produce significant illness. 
Naphthaleneâan offending chemical found in some brands of mothballsâis 
toxic  to dogs, cats and other animals, and if ingested, can cause serious 
illness,  including vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, swelling of the brain 
tissue,  seizures, damage to the liver, kidneys and blood cells, coma and even 
 death.
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