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The last time Frontline was mentioned for chickens, the
EPA went bananas. I had to link the cached page because the live page has since expired, but the EPA gave birth to large farm animals about people using Frontline on chickens when they really don't seem to care about all the other off-label things people do.
Frontline stays active; it doesn't kill-and-then-leave the way livestock pesticides do. So if you choose to use it, you should avoid eating the eggs for a loooooooong time, probably two months. I know it stays on animal skin at least that long.
According to Wiki Fipronil is used on crops that we eat.
"Between 1987 and 1996 fipronil was evaluated on more than 250 insect pests on 60 crops worldwide and
crop protection accounted for about 39% of total fipronil production in 1997." It is used on corn in the US and rice in China. From what I've read it has little effect on mammals "Insect specificity of fipronil may come from a better efficacy on GABA receptor but also on the fact that GluCl does not exist in mammals." plus I've read that very little is actually absorbed through the skin, and at an active ingredient percentage of 9% in Frontline we aren't talking high doses to start with.
I wouldn't be so paranoid about it, you probably eat it every day considering that corn products are in EVERYTHING.
How many pets have had issues with Hartz products and Adams flea spray?? Isn't there someone on here that says Hartz killed their dog and so they only use Frontline now.