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r><br></div><div>Nancy<br></div></div><br><div clas This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------467E8FA0A26EE5116295D2F4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I think of New Scientist as being a reputable publication but it would certainly be good to have the details of the experiment if people might act on the results. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net On 6/17/2019 9:13 AM, N Robinson wrote: > Here is the link to the article in /New Scientist/ - no mention of any > details of the "experiment". > > https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229750-200-time-to-kick-cigarette-butts-theyre-toxic-trash/ > > Nancy > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 6:43 AM Don MacNeill > <donmacneill@bellaliant.net <mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net>> wrote: > > Comes from tobacco plants. Warfarin is also dangerous but > beneficial in small amounts. It would be interesting to know if > the study about fish deaths had high or low concentrations of > poisons from the filters in whatever amount of water they used. > > Don > > Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net > <mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net> > On 6/16/2019 10:17 PM, Mary Macaulay wrote: >> Cough >> High grade poisonous fertilizer >> >> With kindest regards >> >> Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. >> CEO Insect Recovery Project >> Social Enterprise - Tatamagouche Remember Adventures & Caper Cafe >> Bed & Breakfast, Pedal Buggy, bike, kayak, coaster & snowshoe >> rentals, great bird friendly coffee, organic baking, breakfast & >> pasta, soups, stews, vegan curries & chili, pollinator meadow, >> games & more!! >> (Cafe/Buggies Open Wed to Sunday: 8:00 am - 3 pm; Tatamagouche >> B&B phone me directly , Angevine Lake Chalet - book via Airbnb) >> RememberAdventures.ca <http://RememberAdventures.ca> & >> InsectRecovery.org <http://InsectRecovery.org> >> 1-902-293-1533 >> Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery >> >> On Jun 16, 2019, at 9:01 PM, N Robinson <nrobbyn@gmail.com >> <mailto:nrobbyn@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >>> >>> A Nova Scotia student has done something useful with the 37.4 >>> pounds of cigarette butts he collected over three months on his >>> campus, besides showing off what a horrible mess it was. He >>> sent them off to an Ontario company where they make fertilizer >>> out of them: >>> >>> "Even though his class project has been completed, Johannesen >>> said he plans to keep picking up cigarette butts so he can send >>> them to a recycling company in Toronto where the paper, tobacco, >>> and ash will be turned into industrial-grade fertilizer, which >>> is most often used on golf courses." The full story can be >>> found here: >>> >>> https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/nova-scotia-student-s-cigarette-butts-pile-growing-every-day-1.4367145 >>> >>> Your comments on that "high-grade fertilizer", please. >>> >>> Nancy >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 7:19 PM Mary Macaulay >>> <marymacaulay@hotmail.com <mailto:marymacaulay@hotmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Please note that birds and other wildlife also directly >>> ingest these highly poisonous butts - another way in which >>> this highly toxic trash contributes to environmental harm. >>> Hope no one on the list is excusing themselves from >>> littering in this way thinking they are helping out wildlife >>> ..?? >>> >>> With kindest regards >>> >>> Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. >>> CEO Insect Recovery Project >>> Social Enterprise - Tatamagouche Remember Adventures & Caper >>> Cafe >>> Bed & Breakfast, Pedal Buggy, bike, kayak, coaster & >>> snowshoe rentals, great bird friendly coffee, organic >>> baking, breakfast & pasta, soups, stews, vegan curries & >>> chili, pollinator meadow, games & more!! >>> (Cafe/Buggies Open Wed to Sunday: 8:00 am - 3 pm; >>> Tatamagouche B&B phone me directly , Angevine Lake Chalet - >>> book via Airbnb) >>> RememberAdventures.ca <http://RememberAdventures.ca> & >>> InsectRecovery.org <http://InsectRecovery.org> >>> 1-902-293-1533 >>> Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery >>> >>> On Jun 16, 2019, at 6:27 PM, Parker Donham <parker@donham.ca >>> <mailto:parker@donham.ca>> wrote: >>> >>>> I asked Prof. Google about this, and she directed me to the >>>> following. >>>> >>>> * From Scientific American:*Cigarette Butts in Nests >>>> Deter Bird Parasites >>>> <https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/cigarette-butts-in-nests-deter-bird-parasites/>* >>>> * From the Economist:*Some birds use discarded cigarettes >>>> to fumigate their nests* >>>> <https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/09/30/some-birds-use-discarded-cigarettes-to-fumigate-their-nests> >>>> * From Nature: *City birds use cigarette butts to smoke >>>> out parasites >>>> <https://www.nature.com/news/city-birds-use-cigarette-butts-to-smoke-out-parasites-1.11952>* >>>> * From the New Scientist: *From the New Scientist Birds >>>> use cigarette butts for chemical warfare against ticks >>>> <https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138655-birds-use-cigarette-butts-for-chemical-warfare-against-ticks/>* >>>> >>>> These reports in the popular press all seem based on a >>>> single study by by three Mexico City researchers published >>>> in Biology Letters. The Royal Society has an abstract (but >>>> the full paper is b