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Old 16-05-2005, 04:36 PM
Mike Lyle
 
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
"Mike Lyle" writes:
pied piper wrote:
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since when has crossfire been a toxic chemical?

Since when have organophosphates _not_ been toxic chemicals?

Picked
at random, here's something about chlorpyrifos:

http://www.bhopal.net/oldsite/oldweb...orpyrifos.html


Organophosphates were first developed by Nazi scientists as
chemical warfare agents in the 1930s.

Wrong. They were originally developed as insecticides, and their
use as chemical warfare and extermination agents was secondary.


Whew! That's a relief!

--
Mike.