On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 22:10:25 +0000 (UTC), "anton"
wrote:


sw wrote in message ...
anton wrote:

sw wrote in message ...
anton wrote:

Mary Fisher wrote in message
.. .


Is urine poisonous?


Of course- in sufficient quantity. Just like pesticides.

Gosh. I've had gallons and gallons of urine in my body over sixty odd
years
and I'm still around. My mum is ninety one.

Amazing.

No- not amazing. You've just proved that it's perfectly safe if
you follow the instructions on the can. Just like


pesticides ;-)

Sorry, but that's not true... organochlorines aren't 'perfectly safe'
whether you follow the instructions on the tin or not :-/

Sorry, that's not true. PVC is an organochlorine and is
'perfectly safe' unless you start burning it.

PVC is generally regarded as a pesticide, is it?


Which organochlorines in which tins are you suggesting ain't
perfectly safe?

DDT, aldrin, dieldrin... just ask an otter. Or a bird of prey.



OK.

Dear Mr Otter,
Please tell me where you have seen a tin of DDT or aldrin or
dieldrin recently, so that I can check the instructions on the tin.
If like me you can't find any, please let sw know which decade
we're in.

Yours,

http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/ddt/ddt.html

"The use of DDT was banned in the United States in 1973, although it
is still in use in some other parts of the world. The buildup of DDT
in natural waters is a reverisble process: the EPA reported a 90%
reduction of DDT in Lake Michigan fish by 1978 as a result of the
ban."

and
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,55843,00.html

--
Martin