From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-01-06 23:27:36 UTC
Subject: RE: PERMETHRIN
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7693198.1105054056480.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Here you go, I found what you need through Google:
[PDF] Permethrin
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... Animals C US EPA has classified permethrin as a possible carcinogen because there
is limited evidence of cancer in animals (6). C There was no evidence of ...
npic.orst.edu/factsheets/permethrin.pdf
That redirects you and a PDF from the EPA will come up. It is titled
National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
Permethrin
and it says in part that the rats in whom it was studied were fed high doses of permethrin
and that the effects depend on the amount, length and frequency of exposure
Some individuals with ragweed allergies may be allergic to it.
Whe ingested by a range of study animals it left the bodies within 12 days.
In relation to being a carcinogen it saya that the EPA classifies it as being a "possible carcinogen because there is limited evidence of cancer in animals" and that this happened only in one study, a study of lung tumor rates in male mice.
It is highly toxic for insects and fish.