I stumbled across corn starch a while ago, after I nearly killed one of my dogs with these poisons. Corn starch, as in the packet of "corn flour" many people will have sitting in their pantries (it makes a very good thickener) that we all eat and is totally harmless to just about anything.
Anything except rodents, apparently. What I stumbled across said it's a very effective rodenticide:
My initial reaction was "bullshit". But intrigued I searched further. You can't use anything in the EU without some declaration, and indeed there is a declaration saying you are allowed to use corn starch as a rodenticide in the EU:
Needless to say, it's total harmless to cats, dogs, kids and owls. And painless for the rodents. They starve and dehydrate, dying of heart failure in the end, but yet don't feel thirsty or hungry, apparently. But they do feel lethargic and generally wander off outside to die in a burrow somewhere, so the smell isn't a problem. It is in short the perfect rodenticide. It's almost magic.
But not in Australia, because it's not approved as a rodenticide in Australia. I have no idea why. Maybe it really is a scam, or even a giant conspiracy by the rats to trick us into feeding them. The Australian government is very good at proactive protecting it's citizens from scams. (I think that's why we are one of the worst countries in the world at falling for internet scams per capita - because this person wouldn't be contacting me if the government didn't allow it.) And if it's so cheap, natural and safe, why the hell isn't everyone using it instead of these other poisons???
I'm leaning towards a conspiracy. A conspiracy by the rats, or a conspiracy by the poisons manufacturers so they can keep selling us expensive poisons. But definitely a conspiracy.
Anything except rodents, apparently. What I stumbled across said it's a very effective rodenticide:
http://www.ratpoisonfacts.org/low-toxicity-rodenticides/
My initial reaction was "bullshit". But intrigued I searched further. You can't use anything in the EU without some declaration, and indeed there is a declaration saying you are allowed to use corn starch as a rodenticide in the EU:
https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/44bfef85-fb69-79f0-c0...
It's even mentioned on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powdered_corn_cob and you can buy it off the shelf: https://myhousepests.com/rats/natural-rat-poison.html.
Needless to say, it's total harmless to cats, dogs, kids and owls. And painless for the rodents. They starve and dehydrate, dying of heart failure in the end, but yet don't feel thirsty or hungry, apparently. But they do feel lethargic and generally wander off outside to die in a burrow somewhere, so the smell isn't a problem. It is in short the perfect rodenticide. It's almost magic.
But not in Australia, because it's not approved as a rodenticide in Australia. I have no idea why. Maybe it really is a scam, or even a giant conspiracy by the rats to trick us into feeding them. The Australian government is very good at proactive protecting it's citizens from scams. (I think that's why we are one of the worst countries in the world at falling for internet scams per capita - because this person wouldn't be contacting me if the government didn't allow it.) And if it's so cheap, natural and safe, why the hell isn't everyone using it instead of these other poisons???
I'm leaning towards a conspiracy. A conspiracy by the rats, or a conspiracy by the poisons manufacturers so they can keep selling us expensive poisons. But definitely a conspiracy.