Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 11:50:10 UT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jack Saba Subject: Re: Insecticide question Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Norm Saunders wrote: > > In any event, they want to spray with Permethrin. Does anyone out there > have a feel for this insecticide and how much it might affect insect > populations other than mosquitos? Could it have a direct impact on birds or > only indirect by affecting food sources? > > Best, > Norm The Rachel Carson Council has some information available on line. Home page: http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/ Permethrin information: http://members.aol.com/rccouncil/ourpage/samples.htm#permethrin From that page: "detected in surface water endocrine disrupting effect listed on the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory long-term effects on mammals: blood damage immediate toxicity: very high for fish and marine invertebrates; toxic to bees; practically non-toxic to birds" Jack Saba Berwyn Heights, P.G. County jlsaba@capu.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================