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In article , "dave @ stejonda" writes:
| In message , Nick Maclaren
| writes
| HCH and gamma-HCH were banned because they caused much more harm than
| the 'pests' they were used to kill.
|
| Why were they banned?

Persistent, accumulate in fat, carcinogenic, teratogenic etc. Much
like DDT, but less so.

| Clearing out sheds recently I found several packs of Gamma-HCH - which
| I've used in the past to dust to stop ants entering the living-room from
| the beds at the front of the house.
|
| What would be a safe means of disposal if I really shouldn't be using
| it?

Give them to Blair to find in Iraq? Seriously, I don't know. Given
Whitehall's typical behaviour, you probably have a legal obligation
to pay a very expensive company to dump them for you.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.