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Title: Chemical help please.
Post by: Bun on February 25, 2005, 11:39:47

A friend of mine is studing floristry & needs to know if these can still be bought &/or are they called something different now.
Melathion
Dimethoate
Pyrethuim
Resenethrin
Permethrin.

Thanks for your help. :)

Title: Re: Chemical help please.
Post by: tim on February 25, 2005, 11:48:58

Sincerely hope the first two - organophosphates - are not!

Pyrethrum, Resmethrin & Permethrin probably are. Don't quote me!!

Title: Re: Chemical help please.
Post by: Roy Bham UK on February 25, 2005, 15:47:53

Pretty sure Melathion is a banned chemical, not sure about the rest ???

Title: Re: Chemical help please.
Post by: gavin on February 26, 2005, 23:53:05

Pyrethrum is available (from the Organic Catalogue among others!)

http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/approvals.asp?id=627 and http://www.rhs.org.uk/thegarden/pubs/garden0503/pesticides2.asp - info on recently banned chemicals.

Malathion (organophosphate or not) is still available and used to treat head-lice (the cure worse than the condition? Banned in the garden but put it on your hair? Scary!).

All best - Gavin

Title: Re: Chemical help please.
Post by: Bun on March 04, 2005, 13:39:01

Thanks. :)

Title: Re: Chemical help please.
Post by: NattyEm on March 04, 2005, 17:17:57

Gavin, really?? Wow ??? :-\

Title: Re: Chemical help please.
Post by: tim on March 04, 2005, 17:29:12

Gavin - it was always paraffin with us!!

And do you think that your 2 links would be useful in the Links section?? Quite important info.??

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