Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1915 — DEADLY POISON FLY PAPERS [ARTICLE]

DEADLY POISON FLY PAPERS

List of Accidents Covering Only a Few Days Should Show the Danger In Their Use. .;

Considering the safe up-10-date methods of destroying that peat, the domestic fly, it Is remarkable that people will persist in using the poison fly papers. The basic toxic principle of all these papers is arsenic, one of the deadliest and most insidious of poisons. The danger to children is great, and the danger to adults is by no means inconsiderable. The danger In general is proved by various items in our exchanges. We present herewith a partial list of accidents from poisonous fly papers which speaks for itself. The list covers only the period between July 1, 1914, to August 24, inclusive, and cover 35 cases of poisoning, five fatal and 30 non-fatal or uncertain. The list by states: Illinois, 4; Indiana, 8; lowa, 5; Kentucky, 2; Minnesota, 4; Nebraska, 2; New York, 2; North Carolina, 2; Ohio, 3; Pennsylvania, 5; total, 35.