I'm a little concerned

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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Malathion has NOT been banned from the US. I just now googled it. Look for yourself. Besides articles on useage for control of head lice and mosqitoes are listed places to get it, brand names, and how much it costs. If it were nearly as toxic as some of you seem to think it is, I, my family, my husband's family (from spraying in the orchards), my horses (fly control) cattle and goats (louse control), and dogs (flea control) would have been dead years ago. By the way, several years ago vast areas of California were sprayed with malathion to eradicate a Mediterranian fruit fly. The biggest ill effect besides general hysteria, was that vehicles parked outside overnight had to have the powdery residue washed off. Whatever insecticide was banned it wasn't malathion.

Then WHY did my horse's urine test come back positive for every ingredient in Malathion (Vet confirmed Malathion poisoning) and like I said I have video of how bad it all was! What I posted on here didnt even scratch the surface of how bad it really was! I'll find the video tonight when I go over to my parent's house and I'll re-record it onto my camera so I can post it just to show you that im not joking about this! and Im sorry but in my area, Not only did the vet say but DNR an whoever else is in charge of the pesticide use here all said it was banned in 1996. This all happened in 2004 when my horse was 3 years old.

Dont believe everything you read online.

 

[cassie]

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Malathion has NOT been banned from the US. I just now googled it. Look for yourself. Besides articles on useage for control of head lice and mosqitoes are listed places to get it, brand names, and how much it costs. If it were nearly as toxic as some of you seem to think it is, I, my family, my husband's family (from spraying in the orchards), my horses (fly control) cattle and goats (louse control), and dogs (flea control) would have been dead years ago. By the way, several years ago vast areas of California were sprayed with malathion to eradicate a Mediterranian fruit fly. The biggest ill effect besides general hysteria, was that vehicles parked outside overnight had to have the powdery residue washed off. Whatever insecticide was banned it wasn't malathion.

Then WHY did my horse's urine test come back positive for every ingredient in Malathion (Vet confirmed Malathion poisoning) and like I said I have video of how bad it all was! What I posted on here didnt even scratch the surface of how bad it really was! I'll find the video tonight when I go over to my parent's house and I'll re-record it onto my camera so I can post it just to show you that im not joking about this! and Im sorry but in my area, Not only did the vet say but DNR an whoever else is in charge of the pesticide use here all said it was banned in 1996. This all happened in 2004 when my horse was 3 years old.

Dont believe everything you read online.

Just take a few minutes and google malathion yourself. You can also go to your local hardware or garden supply and look in the pesticide section. Particularly Ortho products. You will find Malathion there. As for not believing everything you read online, I think information put out by the USDA and the University of Oregon ought to be fairly acccurate, don't you think? As for malathion toxicity, I did come across something I will go back to and read more thoroughly about animals having access to the concentrated product having ill effects. The malathion in the body can metabolize into something else and is more toxic. I did call up a list of banned pesticides. Malathion was not on it, nor was anything that really sounded like it.

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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Then WHY did my horse's urine test come back positive for every ingredient in Malathion (Vet confirmed Malathion poisoning) and like I said I have video of how bad it all was! What I posted on here didnt even scratch the surface of how bad it really was! I'll find the video tonight when I go over to my parent's house and I'll re-record it onto my camera so I can post it just to show you that im not joking about this! and Im sorry but in my area, Not only did the vet say but DNR an whoever else is in charge of the pesticide use here all said it was banned in 1996. This all happened in 2004 when my horse was 3 years old.

Dont believe everything you read online.

Just take a few minutes and google malathion yourself. You can also go to your local hardware or garden supply and look in the pesticide section. Particularly Ortho products. You will find Malathion there. As for not believing everything you read online, I think information put out by the USDA and the University of Oregon ought to be fairly acccurate, don't you think? As for malathion toxicity, I did come across something I will go back to and read more thoroughly about animals having access to the concentrated product having ill effects. The malathion in the body can metabolize into something else and is more toxic. I did call up a list of banned pesticides. Malathion was not on it, nor was anything that really sounded like it.

k well im off to pick up my kids an to my parents house, Leggin let us know if you found how to dispose of it.

 

[Matthew3590]

I don't want to start a flame war but if it was tested positive in the urine, then that means he consumed it not that it was the cause of death/reaction.

 

[BrattishTaz]

Malathion has not been banned in the US. It is still sprayed from planes/helicopters to control mosquitos and fruit flies. It can also be purchased at hardware stores.


OP- Disposal rules are determined by state. You can call your local sanitation department to get the information you are looking for.

This is the MSDS for malathion spray.
http://www.pbigordon.com/pdfs/Malathion50Spray-MSDS.pdf

 

[ODS-n-ENS FARM]

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[TinyTotsSeramas]

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k- well I spoke with my mom who was the one who spoke to DNR after it happened (I was video taping him on his first day out so I wasnt around when DM was speaking with them) and she said it is still okay by air but not for use on livestock. they took air and wood samples from the barn (they sprayed it in the barn on the walls as well), blood and urine from my horse and hair samples from the horse he bit and all came back positive for Malathion.

Matthew - dont you think its a little funny the Malathion was the ONLY thing abnormal in his system PLUS we got vet records somewhere confirming Malathion poisoning.. btw he's still alive.

Im in the process of uploading the video now!

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

Heres the video link.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=196759513737403

 

[cassie]

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k- well I spoke with my mom who was the one who spoke to DNR after it happened (I was video taping him on his first day out so I wasnt around when DM was speaking with them) and she said it is still okay by air but not for use on livestock. they took air and wood samples from the barn (they sprayed it in the barn on the walls as well), blood and urine from my horse and hair samples from the horse he bit and all came back positive for Malathion.

Matthew - dont you think its a little funny the Malathion was the ONLY thing abnormal in his system PLUS we got vet records somewhere confirming Malathion poisoning.. btw he's still alive.

Im in the process of uploading the video now!

It is certainly possible to get poisoned by malathion. After all, it is an insecticide. It just isn't easy to do so. It would be interesting to know exactly how the horse was exposed to enough malathion to harm him. Did he find a bag of powder and eat it? Did somebody douse him with an undiluted malathion concentrate? Was he abnormally sensitive to it? What happened? I have used and been exposed to a lot of malathion over the years with no undesireable symptoms or side effects whatsoever. None of the animals, and there have been a lot of them, I have used it on have ever suffered any ill effects either. However, I have always been careful to read and follow label instructions, use the correct dilutions, and to keep concentrated chemicals in a very safe place. Critters and children are curious and if they can get into something they shouldn't, they will.

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

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k- well I spoke with my mom who was the one who spoke to DNR after it happened (I was video taping him on his first day out so I wasnt around when DM was speaking with them) and she said it is still okay by air but not for use on livestock. they took air and wood samples from the barn (they sprayed it in the barn on the walls as well), blood and urine from my horse and hair samples from the horse he bit and all came back positive for Malathion.

Matthew - dont you think its a little funny the Malathion was the ONLY thing abnormal in his system PLUS we got vet records somewhere confirming Malathion poisoning.. btw he's still alive.

Im in the process of uploading the video now!

It is certainly possible to get poisoned by malathion. After all, it is an insecticide. It just isn't easy to do so. It would be interesting to know exactly how the horse was exposed to enough malathion to harm him. Did he find a bag of powder and eat it? Did somebody douse him with an undiluted malathion concentrate? Was he abnormally sensitive to it? What happened? I have used and been exposed to a lot of malathion over the years with no undesireable symptoms or side effects whatsoever. None of the animals, and there have been a lot of them, I have used it on have ever suffered any ill effects either. However, I have always been careful to read and follow label instructions, use the correct dilutions, and to keep concentrated chemicals in a very safe place. Critters and children are curious and if they can get into something they shouldn't, they will.

Another boarder at the barn sprayed down the stalls, walls, buckets, feeders and completely doused their horses with them (they utterly reecked of it!). The vet said the effects of it is heightened while it is still wet which they gave their horses baths, sprayed them down an just threw them back out completely soaked in it.