Yeah, I suspect there's definitely a "but it's not PERFECT" vibe going on here. But then there's the product that was 98% natural because it was mostly water? (It's #6 on that list.) Maybe they've got a point that this isn't really particularly green compared to other similar products (which are also mostly water).
Speaking of water (and bed linens)...
I was reading this article on the CBC Ottawa site, and in Ottawa's case, waste water from things like linens is actually tested and treated before it goes into the river. But more importantly, it is combined with lots of other water via the sewage system, so anything that hits the river will likely be pretty dilute. Not really the same kind of concern you should have about it if there were a creek running through your property. I do wonder if a massive-scale bedbug outbreak might be enough to kill some fish, but thus far I don't think anywhere has reached the point where a significant portion of the city would be washing their linens with pesticide.
We looked up a bit about the concentrations since our "bug guy" actually did apply outside. I still don't know if it's legal here, but it seems likely to be safe for the local fish that given that we live in the desert, he applied during the non-rainy season (i.e. we could easily have gone over a month without rain after it was applied), and we live no where near a waterway.
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Speaking of water (and bed linens)...
I was reading this article on the CBC Ottawa site, and in Ottawa's case, waste water from things like linens is actually tested and treated before it goes into the river. But more importantly, it is combined with lots of other water via the sewage system, so anything that hits the river will likely be pretty dilute. Not really the same kind of concern you should have about it if there were a creek running through your property. I do wonder if a massive-scale bedbug outbreak might be enough to kill some fish, but thus far I don't think anywhere has reached the point where a significant portion of the city would be washing their linens with pesticide.
We looked up a bit about the concentrations since our "bug guy" actually did apply outside. I still don't know if it's legal here, but it seems likely to be safe for the local fish that given that we live in the desert, he applied during the non-rainy season (i.e. we could easily have gone over a month without rain after it was applied), and we live no where near a waterway.