I am interested if anyone has had adverse effects on their smoke from using these. I read about them and after a couple rave reviews figured I would grab one just to prevent any bugs from landing. When I was reading the label tho it said that it shouldn't be used in food prep areas and that scared me off. I was wondering if it is noticeable to anyone in the final product. I believe that chemical pesticides slowly evaporate off the strip coating everything in the area? I think this is how it works not 100% certain. Looks like a great product otherwise just made me nervous... I dont want my herb to have a pesty film on it and I have no idea if this is how it works, or if it even matters if it did.
Yes you are correct, 100 % the hanging chemical gel enclosed in vented plastic casing permeates a substance known as Dichlorvos. BTW they work incredibly well with 2 in a medium size bedroom space. I never have had a sign of anything after hanging them
I'm not sure of it being toxic to smoke or injest... I would reccomend taking strips out near the last 3 weeks of flowering. I use strips close to harvest and my buds taste and smoke clean. I do find it interesting this product can kill cockroaches, they are f&%$ing bombproof! and it also says in this info that it is a destroyer of SPIDER MITES and THRIPS ( known garden enemies), read the last sentence if anyone wants full assurance that they work lol
Dichlorvos or 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (
DDVP) is a highly volatile
organophosphate, widely used as a
insecticide to control household pests, in public health, and protecting stored product from insects. It is effective against mushroom flies,
aphids,
spider mites,
caterpillars,
thrips, and
whiteflies in greenhouse, outdoor fruit, and vegetable crops. It is also used in the milling and grain handling industries and to treat a variety of parasitic worm infections in dogs, livestock, and humans. It is fed to livestock to control
bot fly larvae in the manure. It acts against insects as both a contact and a stomach poison. It is available as an aerosol and soluble concentrate. It is also used in pet collars and "no-pest strips" as pesticide-impregnated plastic. In this form it has recently been labeled for use against
bed bugs
The
United States Environmental Protection Agency first considered a ban on DDVP in 1981. Since then it has been close to being banned on several occasions, but continues to be available. Major concerns are over acute and chronic toxicity. There is no conclusive evidence of
carcinogenicity to date, however a 2010 study found that each 10-fold increase in urinary concentration of organophosphate metabolites was associated with a 55% to 72% increase in the odds of
ADHD in children.
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DDVP is absorbed through all routes of exposure. since it is a
acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, its overdose symptoms are weakness, headache, tightness in chest, blurred vision, salivation, sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps.
Dichlorvos damages
DNA of insects in
museum collections
