"tenchman" wrote in message
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Hi group

Those pellets are Draza not drassa as I posted before.
Here's a link to them
http://www.bayercropscience.co.uk/ou...ec=272&con=319

No doubt also killing wild birds and hedgehogs from poisoning when they eat
the carcasses. Nematodes are easily come by and harmless to other animals.
Taken from :
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_...Rec_Id=PC35108

"Methiocarb is a high toxicity Carbamate compound. Report a Poisoning
Symptoms of Poisoning with high toxicity Carbamate Compounds Find Products
Containing this Chemical
High Toxicity Carbamate Pesticides:
- Malaise, muscle weakness, dizziness, and sweating.
- Headache, salivation, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
- Miosis with blurred vision, incoordination, muscle twitching and slurred
speech.
- In more severe cases: Central nervous system depression (coma, seizures
and hypotonicity), hypertension and cardiorespiratory depression. Also
dyspnea, bronchospasms and bronchorrhea with eventual pulmonary edema."

mmm sounds wonderful doesn't it?


You may be interested in this site which offers advice about natural
control of slugs. Also reports several cases of fatal poisoning using the
above mentioned chemical.
http://www.pan-uk.org/pestnews/homepest/slugs.htm

"GOOD GOLLY MISS mOLLY" wrote after
"tenchman" wrote
Those pellets are Draza not drassa as I posted before.
Here's a link to them
http://www.bayercropscience.co.uk/ou...ec=272&con=319

No doubt also killing wild birds and hedgehogs from poisoning when they
eat
the carcasses. Nematodes are easily come by and harmless to other animals.

In my experience harmless to these ground dwelling slugs too, and I paid
over £25. to find that out last year, and it was one of the driest/hottest
summers on record here which should have been anti-slug in itself.
A bit like that bird friendly slug powder, from my observations both useless
and expensive.

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Regards
Bob
in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK