2 step is some bad shucks

In the granular form it has to be ingested or absorbed through the skin via some type of catalyst. Water, oil or sweat will do the job just fine. It only takes 1/1000 of an ounce to be fatal to ad adult. I absorbed it through cuts on my hand while getting my poisoned dogs saliva on them. Put me down quick. I'm a walking miracle.

I heard matts story and was amazed hes still here. Good lord deffinately had his eyes on you. Ive seen their dispenser up close. Its a neat little design. I had originally heard they were experimenting with differnt levels of toxicity with brodifacoum, but its an aticoagulant and i suppose its less humane than how sodium nitrite works. I believe its about the same process of prevention of oxygen bonding with red blood cells like carbon monoxide poisoning. It will be intresting to see how this turns out.

Its a cholinesterase inhibitor. Basically it short circuits your nervous system.

Jesus in Alabama also. Boy they truly know who the stupid people are. As an environmental scientist who has spent 20 years doing environmental studies it horrifies me that they would introduce a potential toxin that might reach the human food chain. INSANE!

Wasn't it used to help control nemetodes in peanuts and maybe other crops? You would think it would have been absorbed in the peanuts.

imo this is a horrible idea.

Per the articles fact sheet "If a treated feral swine is killed by a hunter before it succumbs to the toxicant, its blood would be unusually thick and chocolate brown in color."


An overdose of sodium nitrite reduces the ability of blood to transfer oxygen to tissues, a condition known as methemoglobinemia. The mode of death is similar to carbon monoxide poisoning. Once enough sodium nitrite bait is eaten, the feral swine gets faint, is rendered unconscious, and quickly dies. In most cases, feral
swine die within 2.5 to 3 hours after eating a lethal dose

How will hunters know if a feral swine has eaten
sodium nitrite bait and what are human health impacts?
A. It is unlikely that a hunter will shoot a feral swine exposed to a lethal dose of sodium nitrite because animals die within a few hours of eating the bait. If a swine does not eat enough bait to become sick, it simply metabolizes the remaining sodium nitrite. If a treated feral swine is killed by a hunter before it succumbs to the toxicant, its blood would be unusually thick and chocolate brown in color.


Preliminary data show low levels of nitrite in the meat of feral swine killed with sodium nitrite. However, the EPA
assessment of human health impacts is ongoing. The
stomach and digestive tract of treated feral swine will contain sodium nitrite residues and residual bait. These organs should be discarded. Skin contact with sodium nitrite bait is not considered harmful under normal circumstances.
However, persons with a peanut allergy should avoid all
contact with the bait or digestive tract contents. Pesticide
labels typically require the use of gloves when handling
products and health experts recommend hunters wear gloves
and other protective equipment when processing feral swine
to protect against diseases the animals may carry.


"Q. Is the toxic bait available for use?
A. No. The goal is to register the sodium nitrite bait for use
with feral swine with the EPA by 2020-2021. In 2016, an
application was submitted to the EPA by APHIS Wildlife
Services for an experimental use permit to conduct field trials starting in 2018.

Q. Who will be allowed to use the toxic bait?
A. If registered by the EPA, the toxic bait will be available for use by APHIS Wildlife Services certified applicators or those working under their authority."

if i remember right it was a fungicide

If a coyote ate a poisoned dead hog would it kill the coyote?

Lets be very clear. This is the reason why ol Clarence Thomas AKA Mr. Monsanto is on the Supreme Court ( Real world Pelican Brief) so that Chem corp's can profit.

Common sense is that at no time should this toxin be tested during open deer season. Cross contamination at processors is a possibility.

Wayfarin. So glad Texas didn't give final approval to use this to control feral hogs.

First thing that came to mind for me, too.

Where on earth did you read Monsanto made this?

This seems like just a bad idea, all around.

Never read that. I am just stating why crap like that poisen is even given an opportunity to make someone sick is due to the same machine that places the former lead council of a chemical company on OUR SUPREME COURT.

Whatever. Monsanto never made temik. Or this "poisen" either. I don't even think this hog treatment is labeled a true poison.

I know your a true professional farmer. Im an environmental scientist. Labels (Proprietary Blends) are for sales and getting around regulations..Thats just a reality. I am the farthest thing from a tree hugger enviro guy. I just have great pause with any chemical being made more prevalent in an environment that can move up a food chain.

If I find a dead pig, I'm not going to eat it. If I kill one, I will know where it came from and if any wildlife agency has applied poison to the area.
The fact is, there's places (especially in South Alabama) where hogs are out of control and causing tremendous property damage. You can't hunt them enough. You can't trap them enough. They have no natural predators and they are the most prolific species on earth. Something has to be done, they're almost indestructible.

Exactly. If you've ever lost a field, a crop, or anything else damaged you'd be for this program. This isn't 1930. Technology today and oversight isn't going to allow dangerous "poisen" to be used.