Another costly mistake- Permethrin safety

[Guest guest]

Last weekend I bombed the house using a very high concentration of

permethrin and sulfur but unfortunately, even after leaving the

products on the walls and ceiling for a week, I still have the mites.

Permethrin, as documented on birdmites.org and numerous other

places, does close to nothing to bird mites since they become

resistant to it pretty fast. Unfortunately it is one of the most

commonly used pesticides in the US. My guess, probably 7 of of 10

over the counter insecticides have it as the active ingredient.

Another dissapointing fact just learned is that it leaves a residual

effect up to two years after application. A study done in Germany

monitored the content of permethrin in household dust and found

significant levels up to 2 years after the initial application. In

Germany it is now required decontamination of the house prior to

reentering. This is really a concern esp. if you have kids around the

house. You can guess what I'll be doing for the next couple of days,

hand scrubbing all my walls and ceilings.

This is very contrasting to everything else you read about

permethrin, so below is the link to the discussion:

http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/0099-10-04.htm

You be the judge.

MM