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RE: LD50/30 of the Cockroach
>Therefore I think that the LD50 must be very different for
>different species of cockroaches.
56 different species of roaches have been found in the state of Florida. 95%
of those in New York are of one species (the last part of the scientific
name is germanica - I forgot the genus) - the have never been found in the
nature of New York - only among people. Roaches must be tolerant to much
higher doses than humans. There is a reference about roaches load with
phosphorous 32 in some lab - probably Health Physics from around 1980 - I
don't think that the doses were estimated however but they were doing fine.
I should be able to dig it up.
Bjorn Cedervall bcradsafers@hotmail.com
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