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Metaldehyde to be withdrawn for outdoor uses
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<blockquote data-quote="Exfarmer" data-source="post: 5819236" data-attributes="member: 1951"><p>The LD50 is quoted for the ferric phosphate alone and does not account for the chelates</p><p>incidentally the LD 50 of iron is around 250mg/kg</p><p>on its own ferric phosphate is of little risk to humans or slugs. The chelates enable the gut to uptake a super quantity of the iron present, chelates on their own are of no harm so have escaped many of the regulation.</p><p>Their ability to increase the uptake of certain elements has been used for many years by manufacturers of mineral supplements.</p><p></p><p>I read up on this a couple of years ago as we use pellets in the garden and was concerned about my grandson playing. It appears both products are of similar risk to humans, which is very low!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Exfarmer, post: 5819236, member: 1951"] The LD50 is quoted for the ferric phosphate alone and does not account for the chelates incidentally the LD 50 of iron is around 250mg/kg on its own ferric phosphate is of little risk to humans or slugs. The chelates enable the gut to uptake a super quantity of the iron present, chelates on their own are of no harm so have escaped many of the regulation. Their ability to increase the uptake of certain elements has been used for many years by manufacturers of mineral supplements. I read up on this a couple of years ago as we use pellets in the garden and was concerned about my grandson playing. It appears both products are of similar risk to humans, which is very low! [/QUOTE]
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