Is Bug Spray Harmful to Humans?

Question

I went to another family's house and the crazy mother there is having an ant problem in her house. She blames the hot weather. There is usually a swarm of ants in the kitchen and whenever she sees this swarm of ants she sprays Mortein Odourless on them. I told her that she should be careful spraying this stuff in the kitchen otherwise it might get into kitchen utensils and this might get into the children's body, but she says that she aims it away from the kitchen utensils. The problem is that although she doesn't aim directly at the kitchen utensils (like knives, forks, spoons, etc) she aims it probably just 10 centimeters off. I think that getting rid of ants can be achieved simply by wiping with a damp cloth. Ants usually die when exposed to the hydrogen bonds in water, so I think using a fly spray on ants is overkill.

Is what this woman doing dangerous? Is there any evidence out there that I can show her to prove that household inseticides can be harmful for humans?

Answer 1

Read the labels.

Answer 2

tell her if she really wants to get rid of the ants -- use something like -- .. Victor® Liquid Ant Killing System Kills the entire ant colony including the queen. Controls ant problem in seven days. Contains mint jelly and boric acid. ...
http://www.saferbrand.com/ant_home.htm

Answer 3

I don't know....Possibly....What i want to know is : if you spray a stinging insect , and it stings you before it dies , thereby , injecting you with the pesticide , what happens then?!! Do you get sick or develop superpowers?

Answer 4

Any thing that can kill that ant can't be good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

no, not at all. i rub it all over my body whenever i attend church.

i just love that scent.