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Re: Was it Dichlorvos?

For specific information on "Shell" No-Pest strips try The National
Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP), 701 E Street, SE, Suite
200, Washington, DC 20003, (202) 543-5450 or the Northwest Coalition for
Alternatives to Pesticide (NCAP), PO Box 1393, Eugene, Oregon 97440, (541)
344-5044.  Another source is the Pesticide Education Center, PO 420870, San
Francisco, Ca 94142-0870, (415) 391-8511, Fax (415) 391-9159, e-mail
<pec@igc.apc.org>.  The Pesticide Education Center sells a good book
called,"Designer Poisons: how to protect your health and home from toxic
pesticides, by Dr. Marion Moses, M.D..  Good luck,   Nicole

KB (see signature) <no-junk-email@ns.net> wrote in article
<no-junk-email-ya023680000305971938330001@news.ns.net>...
> In article <33619E1A.2206@SpamBeGone_worldnet.att.net>,
> c.squared@SpamBeGone_worldnet.att.net wrote:
> 
> > I hope to reach extension agents, professors, professionals or anyone
> > else out there who can help with this elusive question. Perhaps there
is
> > someone out there with archived information, news clippings or history
> > about a chemical used about twenty-five years ago.
> > 
> > I am looking for any information you can provide on *Shell* No-Pest
> > strips. They went off the market in the late '60's or early '70's (?).
> > They may have been produced by Shell Oil before Shell Chemical spun off
> > as a subsidiary. The Shell logo was prominently displayed on the
> > product, and is not to be confused with the No-Pest strips often used
> > today for reptile mites, although it may contain a similar formulation.
> > 
> <snip>
> 
> The California Deaprtment of Pesticide Regulation (for which I work) has
a
> Web site you where you can query our databases about active ingredients,
> brand names, and other pesticide product information.  You can get
> information about products no longer registered, as well as currently
> registered stiff.  I did a quick query on No-pest strip and got 6
> products--5 inactive and 1 active.  I chose one of the inactives at
random
> and found that the ingredient was DDVP.  I then did a query on DDVP and
> found that dichlorvos is a synonym.  When you look at the information
about
> the product you'll see the name of a real person you can contact for more
> information. Try http://www.cdpr.ca.gov and follow the database links.  
> Hope this helps!
> -- 
> Kathy Brunetti
> The "From" address is a fake, courtesy of my ISP.  Here's a real
> one--remove capital letters to reply.   kbrunet@ns.REMOVE-TO-REPLY.net
>
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