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David Hare-Scott[_2_] · 05-05-2013, 01:56 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible

phorbin wrote:
In article -
september.org, lid says...

you've just deployed a
natural organic poison derived from chrysanthemums.

Rotenone is from derris elliptica aka rohten(japanese) and found in
some other legumes.

You mean pyrethrum. -- We grow painted daisies aka pyrethrum daisies
(Chrysanthemum coccineum).

Yes. The point Lawrence was trying to make is valid however. Just because
it comes from a plant doesn't mean it is safe or 'good' and just because it
comes from a factory doesn't mean it is unsafe or 'bad'.

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