The Sniper 1000 has been a banned product since 2013
Based on dichlorvos which is a substance classified as fatal by inhalation and toxic by skin contact or ingestion. Dichlorvos causes serious respiratory problems that can lead to emergency rooms or worse. This is not to mention eye diseases and neurological disorders.
Its trade is strictly prohibited.
French Customs and the DGCCRF are increasingly seizing stocks of Sniper 1000. In just 22 checks carried out at Roissy airport, 1,784 bottles of SNIPER 1000 were found. This product, although strictly prohibited, is sold in markets, online, and even in specialist stores. Sellers indicate that it is effective in killing cockroaches and bedbugs, but they do not specify that it is potentially fatal to humans. The people most at risk are children, babies and breastfeeding women, the elderly, asthmatics, people with heart conditions, and anyone suffering from comorbidities. But in fact, everyone is exposed to this risk of poisoning, including pets.
No one can say that he was not informed.
All the media are talking about it, this latest article in Libération is an example.
But this information is also reported in the television news.
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