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by bryceacc 10 days ago
>Pyrethrin is poison

to whom and at what dose? It's a paralytic nerve agent, so scary!! But mostly to bugs...

"mammals are able to process pyrethrin quickly and have higher body temperatures which prevent pyrethrin from working effectively"

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3550062/