Good tip but I would not encourage anyone to try getting their hands on it.
I used to be manager of a plant that made an antifreeze product occasionally
and the guys hated Bitrex with a passion. Despite wearing dust masks they
would complain they couldn't get the taste out of their mouths for days. Not
something to muck around with in a domestic setting, if anyone was thinking
about it...
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Keene
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 4:04 PM
To:
Subject: Mice plague and bird deaths
Just been doing a spot of research and I wonder why the companies that make
the mouse and rat poison don't include trace amounts of denatonium
benzoate - apparently birds can detect it at much lower concentrations than
rodents. If it was included in the formulation, it would deter birds from
eating the posion baits and might even be present in rodent corpses in
enough concentration to deter birds from eating those as well. In case
you're wondering what the stuff is, it's also known as Bitrex and is the
bitterest substance known - 10 parts per million can make something inedible
to people and they use it in antifreeze to stop kids drinking it.
Cheers,
Tony
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