Q. Would you shampoo your child's hair with Hartz Flea Shampoo for dogs or spray ant and roach killer on your child's head to get rid of head lice?
Wasps
Mosquitoes
Flies
Moths
Gnats
" Kills flies, mosquitoes, gnats, moths, wasps and ants...harmful if absorbed through skin or inhaled...call Poison Control Center if swallowed...get medical attention and wash with soap and water of on skin...toxic to fish...do not contaminate water."
About 9% of each lindane dose is absorbed through the skin. It is 10 times more soluble in brain tissue than in blood. Routine administration to children and geriatric patients has led to neurotoxic disorders. Lindane is highly carcinogenic in rats and mice and can cause aplastic anemia, a precursor or leukemia, and other blood disorders.
Rats
(found in Rid, Clear, Pronto, A-200, End Lice) This synergist is an active ingredient in many of the pyrethrin pesticide family head lice products. Two recent reports in open literature show that it causes cancer and birth defects in rats. Thus, any product, which contains this ingredient, cannot be recommended for use on children.