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A few whimsical thoughts:
1. I wonder how the toxicological data on vaporised OA are obtained -exposing chimpanzees to increasing concentrations of vapour?
2. I realise Homo sapiens is rather distantly related to Apis melifera, nevertheless many of the basic biochemical mechanisms at a cellular level are, I believe, common to all members of the animal kingdom. Thus it surprises me that this OA vapour is stated to be harmful to man if inhaled in very low concentration, but not to bees despite a presumably much higher concentration during treatment.
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1. I wonder how the toxicological data on vaporised OA are obtained -exposing chimpanzees to increasing concentrations of vapour?
2. I realise Homo sapiens is rather distantly related to Apis melifera, nevertheless many of the basic biochemical mechanisms at a cellular level are, I believe, common to all members of the animal kingdom. Thus it surprises me that this OA vapour is stated to be harmful to man if inhaled in very low concentration, but not to bees despite a presumably much higher concentration during treatment.
.........Sorry to interrupt the main thrust of this thread.........