Tom Jaszewski wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 12:37:45 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:


It doesn't say anything about possession of chlordane.



Interesting that you're concerned about ironite but willing to live
with chlordane. That's weird!


Thanks for noticing. I'm a complex character. g

There's a variety of reasons; some of them good and some probably rather
dubious. I knew what I was buying when I got the chlordane -- a
persistant insecticide that kills termites. AFAIK, there are still no
good alternatives on the market. So my chlordane sits in its brown
bottle as a kind of insurance that I hope I never need to use.

The ironite was sold as an iron- and trace element-rich fertilizer and
general plant tonic. No mention that it was mine tailings from a toxic
waste dump. No mention of the high levels of lead and arsenic (or
mercury, I don't recall which.)

The chlordane eventually breaks down, although it takes many years. The
heavy metals contaminants in the ironite don't break down, they just
become more readily available as the ironite itself breaks down.

Best regards,
Bob


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