Nicotine is a known pesticide.
How toxic the nicotine liquid is would depend upon the concentration of nicotine in the liquid. For centuries, gardeners have used home-made mixtures of tobacco and water as a natural pesticide to kill insect pests.
Liquid nicotine was used as the murder weapon in a Columbo episode, to make it look like the man died from smoking cigarettes. In fact—he DID die that way, as the cigarette he smoked had been “doctored” with liquid nicotine sulfate. But Ol’ Columbo did NOT fall for it.
Yeah. SO is Borax. And yet I can buy a cheap box of the stuff. Hell, I can buy a barrel of that stuff. That’s what they impregnate lumber with to make a house termite resistant. (It’s the blue lumber. That’s what I want to make my house out of.) I used it (50/50 Borax/baking soda) to keep my house and carpets pest free.
So why aren’t we banning Borax? Is it that people get no enjoyment from the stuff?
How ‘bout bleach? That’ll kill a kid. So will drain cleaner. (lye) Why aren’t we banning all that?
A liberal’s nightmare... Somewhere, some how, somebody is having a good time.