What is the Formula Used to Kill Termites in the 60's and Now Banned by the EPA?

October 24, 2005 | Self

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

A friend has asked me to ask you all to "find information on the old formula which was used back in the 60’s for treating a house for termites etc. which the environmentalists stopped the pest control people from using ……………. It had diazamine or something like that in it…….2 chemicals is all it was…"

Anyone know anything about this that can help?

Thank you in advance.

[dead]

A piece of string walks into a bar says "Give me a beer."

The bartender says, "Get lost! We don't serve pieces of string in here!"

So the piece of string walks outside, pulls his ends apart, and twists himself up. He walks back into the bar and says, "Give me a beer."

The bartender says, "Hey, aren't you that piece of string I just kicked out of here."

The piece of string says, "No, I'm a frayed knot."

[calcowgirl]

We do not know what it tastes like

Probably not chicken, lol

[TChris]

From the Cornell website: There is inadequate evidence to show that chlordane causes cancer in humans.

More EPA panic-mongering and hand-wringing foisted upon people in the name of responsible protections. It's another episode of the "Feed the animal its own weight in a given chemical in a month and scream at a measurable increase in cancer incidence" fiction.

Sheesh.

[headsonpikes]

"I guess the high balls are on me!"

[Restorer]

I thought it was a mix of powder chlorine and hydrochloric acid. :) 8 oz of chlorine then stir in 2 cups of acid.

I highly recommend nobody try this.

By "chlorine" I assume you mean sodium hypochlorite. Mixing this chemical with acid is a BAD IDEA. Highly toxic gases can be released, depending on the acid used.

Don't do it!

[Beaker]

Nope. There aren't any carbons involved in that reaction, if we're both talking about the same thing.

[Normal4me]

Chlordane. I still have a gallon of it somewhere in my shop. I' don't know what the shelf life is on the stuff though. I do know an exterminator who has begged me for it too.

[yarddog]

Around 20 years ago, a guy was doing some light remodeling at our house. I was talking with him and the subject of chlorine bleach came up.

He said his wife had died from mixing bleach with a window cleaner containing ammonia.

[B4Ranch]

DDT.
Technical DDT is made by condensing chloral hydrate with chlorobenzene in concentrated sulfuric acid.

It is pretty easy to make. Chloral is on FDA list.

[Past Your Eyes]

That wastes too much time. Just use the number system.

39

ROFLMAO!!!!!

[Ditter]

There is a similar story in my husbands family. I don't remember the details but something deadly poisonous was ingested by mistake and uncle so & so dropped dead.

[Hank Rearden]

There was this woman, obviously not too bright, who kept her termite poison in an old whiskey bottle. One night, she had guests in her home, one of whom found the deadly whiskey bottle when she wasn't looking. He opened the bottle, said to the other guests, "Cheers" and took a big swig from the bottle and swallowed. He grimaced, look at the hostess and said, "What did I just drink?!" then dropped to the floor, dead.

Too bad nobody thought to ask him what it tasted like. Then we'd know.

[conservaDave]

I have a few tablespoons left. Don't know what that would be good for. I treated my house with it about 10 years ago when I had termites. My dad who was a toxicologist said you won't have termites again. The stuff has an extremely long half life.

[Beaker]

Mixing this chemical with acid is a BAD IDEA.
Playing with stuff like this in general is a bad idea especially if you're using measurements like oz and cups. :-) Don't be your own chemist unless you already are one! :-D

[Beaker]

Ba'dum ching!

[dead]

Well, we can be sure that it doesn't taste like whiskey.

[headsonpikes]

That wastes too much time. Just use the number system.
39

ROFLMAO!!!!!

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"Some people can tell 'em, and some people can't."

[Hank Rearden]

Well, we can be sure that it doesn't taste like whiskey.

Well, we don't really know that for sure; more field testing is probably needed.

[ImaTexan]

ping

[MeanWestTexan]

A skeleton walks into a bar.

"Bartender! Give me a beer! . . . and a mop."