"So many uses!" (Black Leaf 40 ad from Country Gentleman magazine 1939)
"So many uses!" (Black Leaf 40 ad from Country Gentleman magazine 1939)
It is 40% nicotine concentrate.
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It's amazing humanity has survived. So many old products were like "Here's some concentrated poison. Spread it in your house, on your food, and in the air you breathe. It also makes a great toothpaste and eyeliner!"
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And the longer we're alive we realise how much it affected us.
The next big one (assuming we survive climate change) will probably be the millions of ICE vehicles just driving around where we live and work.
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I mean this isn’t really poison tho. It’s just nicotine which is a natural plant product specifically evolved as a pesticide.
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product specifically evolved as a pesticide.
A.K.A., a poison.
"Natural" doesn't mean "good" -- lots of natural things are poisonous.
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I mean this isn’t really poison tho.
Go ahead and look into the toxicity of a single drop (30-60mg) of nicotine. Plenty of "natural plant products" that are poisons.
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This exact product was used in a case of intentional poisoning in Michigan:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5218a3.htm
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That sheep on the left is completely dissolving!
That’s one way to get rid of scabs and ticks I suppose.
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"Dip sheep" as in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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Is this how we were originally supposed to get Tomacco?
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FYI: Drenching - administering of drug to an animal, usually by force
They're gonna get that sheep absolutely wrecked on vape juice.
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Dried and shredded: perfectly safe
Boiled and concentrated: lethal poison
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Can I smoke this ?
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Nicotine really is a great natural pesticide.
It's why plants evolved it.
At 40%, it'll definitely kill all your pests, including the bigger ones like your neighbors.
The tough part is to get the bugs to start smoking
Is that why tobacco plants produce nicotine in the first place?
Can confirm, grasshoppers are voracious, opportunistic terrorists and yet, will barely nibble a tender tobacco leaf before quickly moving on to something else.