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Originally Posted by Atomic22
what do people use jeyes fluid for in this day and age?????
everything junked has modern equivelants that don't rip your insides apart or kill the environment.......
rushing out to buy things they are banning , like jeyes fluid , coz its going cheap is irresponsible
sorry about the rant but things aren't banned for no reason , they are banned coz they are bad
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I'm perfectly well aware of the tar oil toxicity issues having followed EC legislation over some 20 years before I retired. I am also well aware of how to handle/ use such things for minimum environmental damage (Chartered Chemist etc). Compared to some organo phosphorus / chlorine derivatives the tar oil cuts are mild but DO have a very useful function eg sterilising inside greenhouses and compost containers over winter when there are very few plants around/ no bees etc but lots of hibernating creepy crawlies - and for dormant fruit trees. Personally I would rather use tar oil over winter than some pseudo nerve gas (some organo phosporus types) on the insects etc when they emerge in spring & summer 'cos they were not killed off over winter