Thread: 1080 KILLING FISH

Originally Posted by Aly

Also "for centuries" when what I know 1080 has only been used as a compound poison since, like, the 1930s?? A century hasn't even passed since then.

I think they are referring to tea drinkers there.

Originally Posted by Moutere

I think they are referring to tea drinkers there.

The sentence goes:
"All over the world millions of people have been regularly consuming 1080 for centuries with no discernible ill effects."

If they were talking about tea, not sure what tea they're drinking.

*edit: their information about tea is wrong here too, that fact is wrong. While tea is more "hydrating" than water (and only some particular tea such as Green Leaf because a lot of tea has caffeine which dehydrates you) the amount of water is still the same, and unless that "cup" that they're drinking from is about 1.5 litres then no..... most tea consumers aren't over hydrating themselves..... *

Is Forest and Bird run by 10 year olds who make up their own facts or something?

Originally Posted by Aly

The sentence goes:
"All over the world millions of people have been regularly consuming 1080 for centuries with no discernible ill effects."

If they were talking about tea, not sure what tea they're drinking.

*edit: their information about tea is wrong here too, that fact is wrong. While tea is more "hydrating" than water (and only some particular tea such as Green Leaf because a lot of tea has caffeine which dehydrates you) the amount of water is still the same, and unless that "cup" that they're drinking from is about 1.5 litres then no..... most tea consumers aren't over hydrating themselves..... *

Is Forest and Bird run by 10 year olds who make up their own facts or something?

Kevin Hackwell, Forest and Birds head honco has been guilty of holding up a bag of salt and vinegar chips the inference is that 1080 is no more dangerous than the salt and vinegar in the chip packet. Children were present at this meeting.

We always know when a drop is coming. It is telegraphed by stories in the press written by Forest and Bird. These series of stories often declare that the number of birds being eaten by possums and rats is increasing dramatically and calling upon DOC to do something about it.

You might have lost me there Aly.
They're referring to people having been drinking tea for centuries, tea that supposedly contains flouroacetate.
A claim that I would like proven as fact or fiction as I've heard this one before too.

Originally Posted by Moutere

You might have lost me there Aly.
They're referring to people having been drinking tea for centuries, tea that supposedly contains flouroacetate.
A claim that I would like proven as fact or fiction as I've heard this one before too.

Moutere, I would be more interested in seeing how flouroacetate turns in Salt and Vinegar.

Originally Posted by Scribe

Moutere, I would be more interested in seeing how flouroacetate turns in Salt and Vinegar.

Ha, I think we can both safely say he is clutching a straws on that one.

Originally Posted by Moutere

You might have lost me there Aly.
They're referring to people having been drinking tea for centuries, tea that supposedly contains flouroacetate.
A claim that I would like proven as fact or fiction as I've heard this one before too.

I can't seem to find any information on it in tea, but I do find information on how fluroacetate in plants was problematic in livestock in Australia because it kept killing of significant amounts of herds. I highly doubt humans could really consume the same plants if it's killing off livestock.
Which regardless would still make their claims redundant because people are not putting 1080 compound in their tea.
Which they are insinuating.
And having tea with fluroacetate plant in it would have to be rather diluted with a lot of water.

Overall I guess my point is that they are very, very misleading with their statements.