I like Sevin, then Dursban, Chlordane and DDT when I can find it.
“I like Sevin, then Dursban, Chlordane and DDT when I can find it.”
Chlordane has been banned since 1983. Worked great for termites, and homes treated with it are now contaminated with Chlordane. Not a good thing to use.
Malathion is effective and relatively safe...it dissipates quickly and becomes environmentally safe. Parathion is much more effective and it is persistent. Today it is a controlled substance.
Sevin is a really weak insecticide. Some years ago I tested it against parathion and malathion on Japanese beetles. They liked Sevin. Both parathion and malathion killed the nasty little buggers.
Dursban was ‘pseudo’ banned...no teeth in the EPA ‘ban’. But environmentalists are ‘happy’.