Todd, The website you provided shows a product registered for use in Australia and New Zealand. Products registered by the EPA are for manufacturing use only; that is, the product is added to wool or wool blends during the manufacture of goods such as carpets. So it would not be available for a person to treat a carpet in a museum. See https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/000432-01153-20110929.pdf.
I’m not finding any information about it on the Bayer US website. I’ll see what I can dig up for you. As Riza mentioned, there are permethrin products designed to be applied to clothing, camping gear, and the like for protection against ticks. (You can’t do this with most permethrin products...just the ones whose labels say you can.) However, those are different products than Perigen, so the precautions and “length of service” may be different. (Permethrin for treating clothing usually lasts a matter of weeks and through several launderings.) --Dan Dan Wixted Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) Cornell University Ph (607) 255-7525 525 Tower Road FAX (607) 255-3075 CALS Surge Facility psep.cce.cornell.edu<http://psep.cce.cornell.edu/> Ithaca, NY 14853 dj...@cornell.edu<mailto:dj...@cornell.edu> From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Todd Holmberg Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 3:59 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] Perigen Hello Pestlist- While vacuuming the underside of a rug today, I noticed the label in the attached picture. Apparently "Perigen" is a pesticide connected to the Bayer company, and "permethrin" is the active ingredient. I had never heard about Perigen until today, and I am wondering if anyone on the list is familiar with it. I am interested to hear anything you might have to say, but I am curious about a few things in particular. 1) Are carpets/rugs treated with this material safe? -It looks like there are a lot of warnings about storage/application of the actual pesticide. I'm more looking to confirm the basic safety understanding on whether it's toxic/non-toxic to visit/live in a house with textiles treated with this material. General questions a museum should be aware of like: "If people touch the rug, do they need to wash hands before eating", or, "this material has been found to off-gas toxic fumes for decades- it should definitely be removed if you find anything treated with it". 2) How long does the pesticide stay "active/present" in the rug/carpet after treatment? These rugs are about 30 years old. 3) The wool carpets/rugs in the house seem to be pest free after 30 years. One could make the argument Perigen seems to be working. I'm surprised I haven't heard much about it in IPM forums. I understand why museums wouldn't treat collection objects with it, but I'm more curious about institutions using it to treat pest issues in "non-art spaces" (carpet in offices, general storage spaces, office furniture?, etc). My guess is it's not widely used for a reason- does it have some major downsides? Maybe it is widely used and I have just been out of the loop until now- you learn something every day. Here is a link to Perigen off the Bayer website: https://www.environmentalscience.bayer.com.au/pest-management/products/perigen-defence-insecticide#:~:text=Perigen%20Defence%20is%20a%20residual,the%20effects%20of%20insect%20damage. If anyone has anything to say about this, I would be interested to hear your thoughts! Thanks! Todd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BhSwMb7uLDEsEV1_33A6Fo%2BA6BUdVYZ4c3U6o-ay-zXkg%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BhSwMb7uLDEsEV1_33A6Fo%2BA6BUdVYZ4c3U6o-ay-zXkg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BL0PR04MB50119CD63FC8160CD78BE4FFAFFB0%40BL0PR04MB5011.namprd04.prod.outlook.com.
