Re: CULT:Cygon scientific info
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- Subject: Re: CULT:Cygon scientific info
- From: J* M* <m*@junction.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 01:02:34 -0600 (MDT)
Chris Hollinshead wrote:
> For those that wish to read the scientific infomation of this product
> you may find interesting and informative reading at the following
> website:
> http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/pips/ghindex.html
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Chris, thanks for pointing to this web site. I was always leery of Cygon
but after reading that information a year and a half or so again I became
convinced that it should not be used.
Essentially it is a nerve gas and would be banned in warfare.
It is a teratogen, a mutagen and a carcinogen in lab animals. It states
that it possibly is all of these in humans. I think it is probably safe to
say that possibly should be read as probably.
Remember they are talking of milligrams per kilogram. That is a ratio of 1
to 1,000,000.
In the case of bees it is micrograms or 1 to 1,000,000,000.
Regardless of these dangers, my main point was that you are destined to
lose this war and there is not a darn thing you can do to make the outcome
otherwise. I prefer to be in a situation where I have a chance of winning
in the end.
John Montgomery
Who does not claim to be wise but who likes to think that years of
education has taught him how to interpret scientific papers.
monashee@junction.net
Vernon BC Zone 5
